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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

635 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE...

...FLOOD WATERS BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE...



ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 7 

PM WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BLOW A 

QUARTER OF AN INCH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO 

SUBSIDE...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.



CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MAJOR FLOODING 

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE 

EITHER CLOSED OR HAVE SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER ON THEM. RADAR 

ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS SAVANNAH AND AS 

WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF UNION JUNCTION...SILK HOPE...HUNTER ARMY 

AIR FIELD...GARDEN CITY AND BURROUGHS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 630 PM.



ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS ARE SUBSIDING...CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT IS ASKING MOTORISTS TO AVOID ALL FLOODED AREAS. FOUR 

PEOPLE WERE RESCUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THEY DROVE INTO 

FLOOD WATERS.



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.



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