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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

546 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



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

630 PM EDT...

...DANGEROUS FLOODING CONTINUES...



AT 546 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN 

FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MID AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF 

SAVANNAH...UNION JUNCTION...SILK HOPE...HUNTER ARMY AIR 

FIELD...BURROUGHS AND GARDEN CITY. CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS IN 

DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH WITH NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED. ALTHOUGH RADAR TRENDS 

SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE SHIFTING INTO EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY 

WHERE FLOODING RAINS HAVE NOT OCCURRED...AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH 

OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING 

FLASH FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND...SAVANNAH... 

THUNDERBOLT...UNION JUNCTION...SILK HOPE...HUNTER ARMY AIR FIELD AND 

BURROUGHS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER 

INFORMATION. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODING TO 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY 

THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.



LAT...LON 3207 8105 3196 8119 3199 8129 3212 8114



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