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WGUS52 KCHS 211957

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SCC015-019-212200-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

355 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  MCCLELLANVILLE TO YONGES ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  MCCLELLANVILLE TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDISTO BEACH. THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  YONGES ISLAND...WEST ASHLEY...

  WADMALAW ISLAND...JOHNS ISLAND...

  MOUNT PLEASANT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

  AND JAMES ISLAND...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3270 8033 3317 7950 3303 7932 3299 7936

      3298 7950 3301 7955 3298 7958 3298 7953

      3296 7954 3295 7960 3291 7956 3285 7968

      3279 7973 3275 7986 3267 7989 3263 7999

      3259 8000 3259 8009 3254 8017

TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 311DEG 0KT 3303 7948 3267 8022



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