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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1030 PM EDT TUE OCT 11 2011

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MCINTOSH GA-
1030 PM EDT TUE OCT 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1027 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COX TO DARIEN...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DARIEN TO DARIEN.
  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCING 
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO THE SOUTH OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER WAS MOVING 
  INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF MCINTOSH COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 
  INCHES IN 1 HOUR WILL PRODUCE MINOR TEMPORARY FLOODING...
  ESPECIALLY IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH TIDE ALONG COASTAL AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  DARIEN...COX...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON
AREA ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
HYDROPLANING. IF WATER COVERS THE ENTIRE ROADWAY OR IS FLOWING...FIND
ANOTHER ROUTE. THE WATER IS PROBABLY MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND
ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3132 8136 3130 8140 3131 8144 3133 8144
      3135 8151 3143 8161 3148 8162 3159 8151
      3140 8125 3137 8124 3137 8127 3134 8127
      3132 8125 3130 8126 3129 8129

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