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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

504 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER HILTON HEAD AND EXTENDING EAST

  INTO THE ATLANTIC. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

  THE COUNTY SINCE THIS MORNING. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY   

  TO DROP ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL 

  HOURS...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGH WITH EXTENSIVE 

  URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT HILTON HEAD. AT 5 PM...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS

  BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN HILTON HEAD.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HILTON HEAD...BLUFFTON...DAUFUSKIE 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 3203 8059 3227 8056 3234 8078 3211 8096



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