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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

912 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 910 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF SAINT          

  STEPHEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED    

  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  AN     

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR WILL LIKELY    

  CAUSE FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 45 AND OTHER SMALL ROADS MAINLY NORTH 

  OF LAKE MOULTRIE.  MANY ROADS LEADING TO THE SANTEE RIVER WILL     

  BECOME IMPASSABLE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3342 8029 3325 8022 3342 7927 3376 7941



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