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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

212 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS

  FROM JUST NORTH OF GOOSE CREEK TO MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES

  IF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY AND

  NORTHEAST CHARLESTON COUNTY SINCE NOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES

  OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 515 PM WHICH

  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. AT 2 PM EDT...

  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT

  FLOODING WAS DEVELOPING ALONG HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MCCLELLANVILLE

  AND MOUNT PLEASANT.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  AWENDAW AND HUGER...

  MCCLELLANVILLE...

  WAMBAW CORNER...

  HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MCCLELLANVILLE AND MOUNT PLEASANT...

  GOOSE CREEK...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3303 8005 3283 7979 3309 7932 3324 7952



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