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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

820 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 818 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDING FROM 17 

  MILES WEST OF MONCKS CORNER TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HUGER. RADAR ESTIMATES

  BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 715 AM.

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 AM

  WHICH MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  MONCKS CORNER...HUGER...WHITESVILLE...NEW HOPE...INCLUDING 

  HIGHWAY 52...HIGHWAY 17 ALTERNATE...



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 3298 8003 3299 8004 3300 8007 3305 8018

      3322 8033 3331 8023 3307 7973 3292 7990

TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 212DEG 0KT 3324 8030 3299 7982



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