722 WGUS82 KCHS 292135 FLSCHS FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 535 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 GAC029-051-103-179-SCC013-053-292330- /O.NEW.KCHS.FA.Y.0016.130429T2135Z-130429T2330Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EFFINGHAM GA-LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-BEAUFORT SC- 535 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... NORTHWESTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JASPER TO LETFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELAND TO PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MORGAN...OKATIE...CHELSEA...CALAWASSIE ISLAND...LANIER... ELLABELL...EDEN...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...WESTWOOD... 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 3208 8172 3250 8094 3233 8079 3187 8164 3202 8181 $$ JAQ