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WGUS52 KCHS 020003

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GAC191-020130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

759 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 759 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE HARBOR TO 7 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF COX. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE   

  DRIFTING EAST.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  TOWNSEND...

  COX...

  SHELLMAN BLUFF...

  PINE HARBOR AND EULONIA...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



US-15...I-95 AND STATE ROAD 57 NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF 

TOWNSEND...EULONIA...WARSAW AND HUXFORD WILL RECEIVE UP TO ANOTHER 1 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 9 PM...ON TOP OF THE 3 TO 4 INCHES THAT 

HAS ALREADY SOAKED THE GROUND.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NOW THAT IT IS NIGHT TIME...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 3163 8139 3153 8170 3137 8152 3142 8133

      3150 8118



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