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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
622 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
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BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
622 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BRYAN, CHATHAM AND EFFINGHAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EXPECT
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL
HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS. LOCAL MEDIA HAVE REPORTED WATER
RESCUES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 621 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING FROM
EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL IS ONGOING ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL
AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHATHAM COUNTY. ROADS REMAIN CLOSED
AND CARS ARE FLOODED. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH, IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR ONGOING
FLOODING TO SUBSIDE. NEVER DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POOLER, RICHMOND HILL, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, I-16/I-95
INTERCHANGE, WINDSOR FOREST, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, COFFEE BLUFF,
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH AND
HUTCHINSON ISLAND.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-16 NEAR MILE MARKER 148...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 168.
I-95 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 112.
I-516 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3214 8141 3214 8140 3210 8139 3224 8120
3223 8114 3222 8115 3221 8113 3220 8112
3220 8111 3219 8112 3218 8112 3217 8113
3215 8111 3214 8112 3212 8112 3209 8106
3209 8103 3202 8101 3179 8116 3197 8135
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