THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARDEEVILLE TO ISLE OF HOPE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLINGER HILL AREA TO WILMINGTON ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES SINCE MID AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TO OCCUR. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... WILMINGTON ISLAND...BELLINGER HILL AREA...SUN CITY...JASPER...FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...ROSE HILL...TYBEE ISLAND...CALAWASSIE ISLAND...SAVANNAH... 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 3195 8117 3224 8116 3229 8112 3236 8115 3235 8044 3231 8044 3233 8045 3225 8062 3228 8065 3222 8063 3221 8068 3213 8076 3210 8082 3212 8083 3205 8090 3202 8084 3195 8088 3193 8091 -SWC-
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:45:05 +0000
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