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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

146 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 142 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM 

  THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WEST ASHLEY...OR ABOUT OVER CHARLESTON. THE STORM

  PRODUCING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2  

  TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS CAUSING FLOODING        

  ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE AROUND 4 PM IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  WEST ASHLEY AND JAMES ISLAND...

  CHARLESTON...

  SULLIVANS ISLAND...

  MOUNT PLEASANT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3279 8013 3266 7998 3281 7974 3291 7978



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