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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

555 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH 

  CHARLESTON AND GOOSE CREEK. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  LADSON...

  COLLEGE PARK...

  GOOSE CREEK...

  HANAHAN...

  NORTH CHARLESTON...



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 3300 8017 3301 8016 3308 7999 3296 7985

      3289 8002

TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 327DEG 2KT 3298 8007



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