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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...FLOODING CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

417 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



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

445 PM EDT...

...FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA WITH HIGH 

TIDE APPROACHING...



AT 417 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY 

FROM DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH TO GARDEN CITY TO UNION JUNCTION AND 

BURROUGHS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY ABATED OVER 

THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...RADAR INDICATES 

ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS LIBERTY AND BRYAN 

COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE 

INTO CHATHAM COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 445 PM.



CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORTS THAT MANY 

ROADS IN THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA ARE EITHER CLOSED OR HAVE 

CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER ON THEM. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING CAN 

BE EXPECTED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 

445 PM IF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...BURROUGHS...GARDEN CITY...

POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH AND SAVANNAH.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3206 8104 3193 8126 3206 8135 3218 8119



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