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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

720 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR

TATTNALL AND CANDLER COUNTIES...



AT 711 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CAUSING WATER TO POND ON ROADS 

AND TREES AND POWER LINES TO EASILY FALL DOWN...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSURES AND POWER OUTAGES TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS 

WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

METTER TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF REIDSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESBORO TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

BAXLEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN AND AROUND...ALINE...COBBTOWN... 

COLLINS...MANASSAS...METTER AND REIDSVILLE.



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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