FLSCHS

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

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BULLOCH GA-
355 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...
  CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR HOPEULIKIT...OR ABOUT OVER
  MIDDLEGROUND...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
  WITHIN THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 500
  PM...MAKING MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
  LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  HOPEULIKIT...HUNTERS POINTE...DEERFIELD...HUNTINGTON...
  WESTCHESTER...WESTSIDE...STATESBORO...

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 3234 8175 3236 8188 3249 8195 3259 8194
      3257 8175

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