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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

553 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...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SUNDAY



* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE COAST OF BEAUFORT COUNTY

  NEAR HILTON HEAD ISLAND. MORE HEAVY SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP

  OVER THE WARNED AREA AND MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST THROUGH THE

  EVENING. DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE READINGS INDICATE THAT 4 TO 7 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS COASTAL BEAUFORT COUNTY

  TODAY. THE SOIL IS NOW SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS ANY FURTHER

  RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY POND IN LOW AREAS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS AND

  BRIDGES. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED

  AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO VERY SERIOUS 

  FLOODING PROBLEMS.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...DAUFUSKIE ISLAND...

  HILTON HEAD ISLAND...BLUFFTON...PARRIS ISLAND...BEAUFORT...AND

  PORT ROYAL...



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 3222 8101 3230 8099 3229 8094 3235 8092

      3235 8087 3246 8075 3241 8049 3236 8044

      3224 8062 3230 8066 3229 8069 3234 8075

      3230 8073 3228 8075 3220 8066 3207 8088

TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 160DEG 12KT 3326 8087 3334 8123

          3304 8154



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