...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT - TopicsExpress

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING * SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GROUND REMAINS QUITE WET FROM SEVERAL WEEKS OF HEAVY RAINS. IN ADDITION...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN FELL THURSDAY AND OVERNIGHT ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. THESE AREAS WILL TAKE LESS RAINFALL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. COASTAL AREAS WILL BE MORE PRONE TO FLOODING AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && MC