FLSCHS

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

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LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-
409 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SOUTHERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUDOWICI TO
  DARIEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN
  THE ADVISORY AREA...WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO MINOR FLOODING
  OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  COX...DARIEN...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EULONIA AND THE
  ALTAMAHA RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON
AREA ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
HYDROPLANING. IF WATER COVERS THE ENTIRE ROADWAY OR IS FLOWING...FIND
ANOTHER ROUTE. THE WATER IS PROBABLY MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND
ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 3131 8142 3140 8158 3147 8162 3156 8170
      3158 8170 3161 8177 3165 8180 3164 8182
      3166 8185 3177 8180 3146 8134 3139 8135
      3139 8136 3132 8136 3130 8138 3126 8139

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