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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

827 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

  EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES

  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM

  HAGEN AND COTE BAS LANDING UP THROUGH STRAWBERRY AND OAKLEY

  SINCE 730 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN 

  THESE AREAS THROUGH 1030 PM...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  STRAWBERRY...TARRY TOWN...COTE BAS LANDING...WOODLAND...



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 3318 7995 3305 7982 3297 7995 3312 8006



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