Headline: Flash Flood Warning issued July 31 at 6:44PM EDT expiring July 31 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Charleston SC
Issued: 2013-07-31T18:44:27-04:00
Expires: 2013-07-31T19:45:00-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 7:45 PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA…
SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 641 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR BELLINGER HILL AREA…OR ABOUT OVER
BELLINGER HILL AREA…MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE
EARLIER THIS EVENING AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN STILL
OCCUR.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND…
BELLINGER HILL AREA…RIVERSIDE…FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT…
SUN CITY…JASPER…BLUFFTON…ROSE HILL…CALAWASSIE ISLAND…
Instruction: TO REPORT FLOODING…CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

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.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Chatham; Jasper; Beaufort; Effingham