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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

117 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ADAMS RUN TO

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON TO MOUNT PLEASANT. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  ADAMS RUN...WEST ASHLEY...CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...

  HOLLYWOOD...MEGGETT...



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AS WELL AS SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

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



LAT...LON 3283 8040 3285 8032 3282 8015 3287 8018

      3290 8013 3289 8009 3292 8008 3294 8003

      3290 8000 3290 7996 3282 7992 3287 7985

      3279 7977 3276 7987 3278 7989 3273 7990

      3262 8039



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