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WGUS72 KCHS 020045

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GAC191-020130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

843 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY UNTIL

930 PM EDT...



ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING SO 

FAR...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST FEW 

HOURS HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM EULONIA TO WARSAW...HUXFORD AND 

TOWNSEND. 



RAINS ARE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS.



FLASH FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...EULONIA...TOWNSEND 

AND VALONA.



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.



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

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.



LAT...LON 3156 8120 3132 8129 3143 8163 3165 8150



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