FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 734 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER AND
HAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 733 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRUNSON TO
ROBERTVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF HAMPTON
TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE
BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL OCCUR THROUGH
8 AM.
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 3275 8135 3283 8123 3288 8126 3296 8119
3302 8108 3278 8093 3254 8125 3265 8134
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 746 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST
* AT 742 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NIXVILLE TO
BLANDFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON
TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MANY AREAS SINCE BEFORE DAYBREAK...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS A FEW LOCATIONS. THROUGH 945
AM...AS MUCH AS AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL
OCCUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
ROBERTVILLE...BLANDFORD...STAFFORD...NIXVILLE...HAMPTON...
BRUNSON...TARBORO...EBENEZER...CROCKETVILLE...VARNVILLE...
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 3269 8128 3283 8124 3289 8124 3294 8122
3310 8094 3307 8090 3309 8089 3313 8089
3317 8080 3273 8084 3240 8107 3212 8137
3246 8144
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