Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

GAZ101-118-119-116-117-100-138-139-140-141-131030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
430 AM EDT THU OCT 13 1994

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...
BULLOCH...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GEORGIA COAST TODAY...

...THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH AND HEAVY SURF ADVISORY FOR THE GEORGIA COAST
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 425 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR SAVANNAH.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO COMPOUND THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS
THROUGHOUT CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH SUNRISE AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ON
TOP OF THE NEARLY 14 INCHES PORTIONS OF THE CITY HAVE RECEIVED SINCE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS FALLING IN PORTIONS OF BRYAN...BULLOCH...LIBERTY...
AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED SINCE 3 AM.  NUMEROUS ROADS AND
STREAMS REMAIN FLOODED IN THESE COUNTIES.  SINCE FLOODING DUE TO RUNOFF
FROM UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 18 HOURS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MID-MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM.

ALONG THE COAST...WIND SPEEDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE.  THIS WILL ALLOW
THE SEAS TO SETTLE AND THE TIDES TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.  THEREFORE..THE THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED.

RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.