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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

904 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM TAMMY

  MOVING INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. MUCH OF THE

  AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY...PARTICULARLY

  SOUTH OF A SWITZERLAND TO BEAUFORT LINE. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

  INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THE RISK FOR 

  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGH...PARTICULARLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE 

  WILL OCCUR AT THE BEAUFORT RIVER ENTRANCE AT 1114 PM.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HILTON HEAD...BEAUFORT...PRITCHARDVILLE...BLUFFTON...HARDEEVILLE...

  DAUFUSKIE ISLAND...LEVY...MYRTLE ISLAND...FOREST BEACH...



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 3204 8091 3227 8042 3249 8043 3259 8112

      3224 8113 3211 8109



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