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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

353 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 346 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FALLING

  ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

  THIS AREA ON MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS

  MUCH OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS 

  WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBANIZED AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  SAVANNAH...

  MONTGOMERY AND BEAULIEU...

  WINDSOR FOREST AND VERNONBURG...

  WHITE BLUFF AND ISLE OF HOPE...

  SANDFLY...

  WILMINGTON ISLAND...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3192 8127 3190 8104 3203 8095 3211 8112

          3222 8117 3218 8124 3211 8132



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