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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1206 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 1206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST

  OF FOLLY FIELD TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO SKIDAWAY ISLAND...OR ALONG

  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES EAST OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO HILTON

  HEAD ISLAND TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...WILMINGTON ISLAND...

  TYBEE ISLAND...ISLE OF HOPE...

  VERNONBURG...SANDFLY...

  WINDSOR FOREST...WHITE BLUFF...

  BLUFFTON...



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 3200 8123 3227 8108 3253 8054 3242 8041

      3238 8042 3224 8062 3226 8066 3230 8066

      3229 8069 3234 8075 3230 8073 3228 8075

      3223 8066 3220 8066 3207 8088 3203 8089

      3187 8109

TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 160DEG 12KT 3217 8040 3225 8076

          3195 8106



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