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WGUS72 KCHS 111043

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GAC051-111130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

631 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY 

UNTIL 730 AM...



AT 630 AM...SAVANNAH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL INDICATE THAT SOME STREETS 

ACROSS SAVANNAH ARE FLOODED WITH SOME VEHICLES BEING STRANDED NEAR 

ABERCORN.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 730 

AM FOR CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY INCLUDING THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA.  

THE RAINFALL WHICH PRODUCED THE FLOODING HAS SINCE DISSIPATED...AND 

WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE WITHIN THE HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF 

STREETS.  



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS AND 

DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND BUT 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO RISING OR FAST MOVING WATER



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 

CHARLESTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES.



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