FLSCHS

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

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LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
304 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM...
EASTERN LIBERTY...SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN...NORTHERN MCINTOSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN LONG COUNTIES...

AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND HILL
TO SUNBURY TO EULONIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND HILL
TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL TO 9 MILES EAST OF TIBET...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR
WHICH WILL KEEP THE RISK GOING OF MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE SPOTS OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELFAST...
CRESCENT...EULONIA...FLEMINGTON...FORT MCALLISTER...FORT STEWART...
HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE...JONES...KELLER...MCINTOSH...MIDWAY...
PINE HARBOR...RETREAT...RICEBORO...RICHMOND HILL...SAPELO ISLAND...
SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...SUNBURY...TOWNSEND...VALONA AND
CROSSROADS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8159 3190 8161 3204 8142 3186 8105
      3182 8103 3178 8105 3172 8114 3174 8116
      3173 8119 3170 8119 3170 8113 3162 8113
      3156 8117 3160 8119 3156 8122 3155 8126
      3153 8125 3155 8120 3153 8117 3142 8125

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