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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...UPDATE MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1007 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT SATURDAY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL
LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...
INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH...JENKINS...LONG...
SCREVEN AND TATTNALL...

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...
COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND
JASPER...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN HAS PUSHED INLAND INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.  
THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION IS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 16 NEAR 
METTER GEORGIA...AND WILL DRIFT FARTHER INLAND THIS AFTERNOON.  
HOWEVER...PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS MOVING INLAND FROM THE 
GEORGIA COAST...UP THROUGH CHARLESTON COUNTY.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...MOVING 
INLAND INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.  MUCH OF 
THE AREA HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS 
AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. GENERAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
THE IMMEDIATE COAST.  IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL CONTINUES THIS 
MORNING...THE FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON 
HOURS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. 
TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND BUT DO NOT DRIVE INTO 
RISING OR FAST MOVING WATER!  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL 
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 

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