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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1036 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 1030 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN NEAR

  MCCLELLANVILLE...EXTENDING EAST INTO THE OPEN ATLANTIC.

  RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 PM. WITH VERY HIGH            

  ASTRONOMICAL TIDES IN  PROGRESS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR        

  MCCLELLANVILLE...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN AWENDAW AND THE      

  SOUTH SANTEE RIVER BRIDGE CAN BE EXPECTED.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  MCCLELLANVILLE...HAMPTON PLANTATION STATE PARK...



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 3299 7943 3313 7927 3320 7944 3311 7961



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