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WGUS52 KCHS 011705

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GAC051-011900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

104 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 102 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH

  OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM MONTEITH TO BLOOMINGDALE.

  RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH HAS FALLEN

  ACROSS THE AREA OVER SINCE 11 AM. THIS IS LIKELY CAUSING FLASH 

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  POOLER AND BLOOMINGDALE...

  MONTEITH AND MEINHARD...



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



LAT...LON 3212 8135 3207 8128 3218 8114 3222 8121



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