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WGUS52 KCHS 260346

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GAC051-260730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1145 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1145 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE

  TO HEAVY RAIN OFF THE CHATHAM COUNTY COAST NEAR TYBEE ISLAND...

  MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. WITH THE GROUND STILL SATURATED FROM THE 

  HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL THURSDAY...THIS RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING 

  WILL BE VERY HIGH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 AM.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  SAVANNAH...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND...

  ISLE OF HOPE...UNION JUNCTION...WINDSOR FOREST...

  BURROUGHS AND GARDEN CITY...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3185 8107 3198 8083 3210 8111 3217 8114

          3201 8132



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