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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

834 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 834 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  STATIONARY LINE OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM FRIPP 

  ISLAND THROUGH EDISTO ISLAND TO YONGES ISLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 

  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 8 AM. 

  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH 1030 AM...WHICH

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN

  LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  EDISTO ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...ROCKVILLE...



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 3242 8060 3264 8033 3272 8015 3260 8008

      3253 8017 3255 8020 3246 8032 3249 8036

      3246 8042 3249 8047 3239 8041 3231 8044

      3230 8052 3230 8053

TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 294DEG 0KT 3262 8025 3234 8050



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