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WGUS72 KCHS 022144

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GAC029-022230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

540 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...MINOR FLOODING LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF BRYAN COUNTY THIS EVENING...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW DEVELOPING 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER AND SOUTH OF BRYAN 

COUNTY...DRIFTING NORTH. RAIN AMOUNTS OVER 1 INCH AN HOUR IN THE 

AREA WEST OF RICHMOND HILL TO EAST OF LETFORD HAS BEEN COMMON. THERE 

HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN LIBERTY COUNTY TO THE 

SOUTH.



ADDITIONAL RAIN FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 60 MINUTES TIME...ESPECIALLY 

IN COMMUNITIES FROM NEAR DANIEL...RICHMOND HILL AND LETFORD WILL 

RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND POOR 

DRAINAGE LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM. ANY FLOODING IS EXPECTED 

TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER THE RAIN COMES TO AN END.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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