Weather Alert in Georgia
Flood Warning issued August 2 at 6:43PM EDT until August 2 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
AREAS AFFECTED: Chatham, GA
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of southeast Georgia, including the following county, Chatham. * WHEN...Until 815 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 641 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated only light rain falling over central Chatham County. While no additional flash flooding is expected, many areas remain flooded around the Windsor Forest, Hunter Army Airfield and Downtown Savannah areas. It will take a bit longer for flood waters to recede. Remember, never drive into flooded areas! - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Windsor Forest, Hunter Army Airfield, Coffee Bluff, Midtown Savannah, Downtown Savannah, Montgomery, Garden City, Thunderbolt and Vernonburg. - This includes the following highways... I-16 near mile marker 162. I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 96 and 97. I-516 between mile markers 3 and 4.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles
a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.
In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly
in the Midwest and eastern regions.
While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form
under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
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the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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