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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
531 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  AN AXIS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHATHAM
  COUNTY. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. MUCH OF THE
  RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS URBAN LOCATIONS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN
  SAVANNAH...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...FORT PULASKI...AND OSSABAW ISLAND.
  CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECENTLY REPORTED
  SEVERAL ROADS ARE AGAIN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STANDING WATER.
  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL WORSEN THROUGH
  THIS EVENING DUE TO AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN REMAINING ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MANY OF THESE AREAS HAVE
  ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  ISLE OF HOPE...SANDFLY...
  WILMINGTON ISLAND...
  RIVERSIDE...RIVERSIDE...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3178 8118 3186 8115 3193 8121 3190 8124
      3192 8127 3208 8137 3220 8113 3210 8111
      3210 8099 3204 8094 3204 8085 3197 8084
      3195 8095 3193 8097 3191 8092 3185 8098
      3186 8104 3178 8105 3172 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 180DEG 0KT 3200 8098

$$

JRL