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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
633 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KILDARE TO
  SAVANNAH TO THUNDERBOLT TO FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO
  SAVANNAH TO FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND
  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES BORDERING THE SAVANNAH RIVER. 2 TO 3
  INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR IS LIKELY NEAR STRONGER STORMS. THIS
  RAIN WILL QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS. HIGH TIDE WAS OCCURRING AROUND
  6 PM AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  RIVERSIDE...MEINHARD...SPRINGFIELD...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...EGYPT...
  WILMINGTON ISLAND...SANDFLY...ISLE OF HOPE...WHITE BLUFF...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH TIDE WILL INHIBIT RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE
ABERCORN STREET AND 37TH STREET.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3187 8107 3207 8136 3249 8154 3259 8137
      3256 8129 3212 8079 3210 8082 3211 8084
      3206 8089 3203 8088 3203 8084 3199 8084
      3194 8089 3196 8095 3194 8098 3191 8093
      3186 8098

$$