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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

605 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM JAMES ISLAND NORTHEAST TO MOUNT

  PLEASANT TO MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS 

  WERE BUILDING BACK TO THE WEST TOWARD RAVENEL...CAUSING A GREATER 

  FLOOD RISK.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  JAMES ISLAND...FOLLY BEACH...

  MOUNT PLEASANT...

  SULLIVANS ISLAND...

  SULLIVANS ISLAND...

  ISLE OF PALMS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



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 3264 8010 3279 8015 3281 7990 3321 7945

      3313 7927 3299 7939 3298 7950 3301 7955

      3298 7958 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3285 7968 3279 7973 3275 7986

      3267 7989 3263 7999 3260 7999

TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 266DEG 9KT 3272 7989



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