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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

521 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 516 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR HOLLYWOOD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES  

  WEST OF CHARLESTON. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 330 AM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES MAY 

  OCCUR THROUGH 645 AM WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HOLLYWOOD...MEGGETT...YONGES ISLAND...RANTOWLES...

  BERRY HILL...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 17 AND 162...



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 3263 8030 3282 8025 3280 8010 3267 8007

TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 180DEG 0KT 3276 8017



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