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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

601 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 553 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF METTER

  TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REIDSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF METTER TO BAXLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20

  MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  COBBTOWN AND ALINE...

  METTER...

  COLLINS...

  REIDSVILLE...

  MANASSAS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF 

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

AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 

COUPLE OF DAYS. 



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.



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

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3193 8227 3184 8204 3253 8200 3256 8216



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