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WGUS72 KCHS 091928

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GAZ101-118-119-SCZ047-092115-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

327 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL OCCUR IN

JASPER COUNTY...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM

EDT...



AT 326 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH

OF EASTERN AND NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY...IN ADDITION TO PARTS OF 

SOUTHERN JASPER AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

THE HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.



A WEATHER SPOTTER IN SAVANNAH REPORTED AN ESTIMATED 2 INCHES

OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY 

PRIOR TO 5 PM.



THE RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...DITCHES AND

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ANY FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE SOON AFTER THE RAIN

ENDS.



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