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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

532 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT.



* AT 532 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING 3 MILES

  EAST OF BURROUGHS. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLOODING ARE

  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BURROUGHS...WHITE BLUFF AND

  WINDSOR FOREST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3199 8129 3190 8121 3200 8107 3207 8118



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