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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
453 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND TO MIDWAY...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT PULASKI NATIONAL
  MONUMENT TO 7 MILES EAST OF HINESVILLE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES
  OF AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THIS
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  KELLER...MCINTOSH...BELFAST...MIDWAY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8149 3195 8168 3199 8088 3195 8089
      3194 8093 3196 8095 3194 8098 3191 8093
      3186 8098 3187 8106 3183 8103 3178 8105
      3172 8113 3174 8116 3172 8121

$$