FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 358 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...
COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...
INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND JASPER.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND UP ALONG THE COAST OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION.
PORTIONS OF THE AREA HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF
RAIN DURING THE LAST WEEK AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED
WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE.
* SOILS REMAIN SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND LESS RAINFALL
WILL BE NEEDED TO PRODUCE FLOODING. TIDES WILL ALSO BE RUNNING
HIGHER THAN NORMAL. COASTAL URBAN LOCATIONS SUCH AS CHARLESTON
AND SAVANNAH COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SHOULD HEAVY
RAINFALL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING OR EVENING HIGH TIDES.
FLOODING ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN URBAN
AREAS AND LOW SPOTS ALONG RURAL ROADS. A NUMBER OF RIVERS REMAIN
IN FLOOD ACROSS THE REGION INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
SANTEE...SAVANNAH...OGEECHEE...OHOOPEE AND CANOOCHEE RIVERS.
ADDITIONAL RISES AND CONTINUED RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING
DEVELOPS.
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RJB
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