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WGUS72 KCHS 082230

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GAC029-051-082330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

630 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHATHAM COUNTY AND 

SOUTHEAST BRYAN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



AT 620 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTS SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER IN THE 

COMMUNITY OF KELLER WITH WATER REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 144 

NEAR FORT MCALLISTER. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND KELLER SINCE LATE AFTERNOON WITH SIMILAR 

AMOUNTS FROM RICHMOND HILL TO WHITE BLUFF...ISLE OF HOPE AND 

THUNDERBOLT IN EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA...MODERATE RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY AND 

SOUTHEAST BRYAN COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP 

TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. 



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK 

THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

IN CHARLESTON.



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