THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUNTERS TO REGISTER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVANIA TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF WESTSIDE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN AS MUCH AS 2.5 TO TO 3 INCHES AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2 INCHES CAN STILL OCCUR. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... REGISTER...STATESBORO...DOVER...ALTMAN...PULASKI...MIDDLEGROUND... 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 3256 8206 3254 8203 3261 8199 3265 8185 3265 8184 3267 8187 3271 8186 3286 8165 3261 8151 3229 8193 3254 8209 -SWC-
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:43:34 +0000