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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

702 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 702 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY AND

  WESTERN LONG COUNTY...MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN

  10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  ALONG HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN GLENNVILLE AND NOBLE SINCE 545 PM WITH

  AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES JUST WEST OF NOBLE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 196

  IN EXTREME SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  CAN BE EXPECTED OVER AREAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF GLENNVILLE TO DONALD 

  THROUGH 830 PM. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  DONALD...

  GLENNVILLE...

  HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN GLENNVILLE AND DONALD...

  NOBLE...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3182 8202 3174 8193 3185 8176 3195 8193



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