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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

313 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 313 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING

  ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY FROM SAVANNAH SOUTHWEST

  TO BURROUGHS. THIS INCLUDES HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD AND UNION

  JUNCTION. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS SINCE 2 PM. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

  INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING 

  IS HIGH.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  BURROUGHS...

  GARDEN CITY...

  SAVANNAH...

  HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD...



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 3201 8130 3193 8123 3207 8101 3213 8114



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