THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH - TopicsExpress



          

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR KILDARE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN AS MUCH AS 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN AND NEAR THESE AREAS SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2 INCHES CAN STILL OCCUR. * FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... SHAWNEE...EGYPT...KILDARE...OLIVER...NEWINGTON... 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 3263 8151 3260 8139 3259 8138 3259 8137 3258 8137 3258 8136 3241 8136 3242 8154 3244 8154 3244 8153 3247 8153 3247 8154 3248 8154 3249 8155 -SWC-
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:13:43 +0000

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