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WGUS72 KCHS 082357

FFSCHS

GAC183-267-090030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

757 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LONG AND TATTNALL

COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...



AT 757 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN 

FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY AND WESTERN LONG 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS APPLING 

AND WAYNE COUNTIES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

830 PM. BOTH RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN GLENNVILLE AND DONALD. THIS 

HAS LIKELY RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 25 CORRIDOR 

AND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 196 ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY. 

WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH LIKELY TO FALL IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 830 

PM...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...DONALD...GLENNVILLE...

HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN GLENNVILLE AND DONALD.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3185 8180 3175 8191 3184 8205 3196 8194



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