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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

447 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 444 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A   

  THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALREADY PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS 

  PARTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

  EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR WHICH COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE MAY 

  PRODUCE FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  FOLLY FIELD AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND...



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 3235 8082 3217 8086 3142 7748 3186 7736



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