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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

441 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR... 

  OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DELEMAR CROSSROADS TO WEST 

  ASHLEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  SUMMERVILLE TO CHARLESTON. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  JAMES ISLAND...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...

  WEST ASHLEY...SHADOWMOSS...



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 3291 8039 3303 8024 3274 7986 3264 7997



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