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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

602 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 

  PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE NORTH EDISTO RIVER.

  RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR SEABROOK

  ISLAND SINCE 5 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL

  WHICH MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SEABROOK ISLAND...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 3261 8032 3265 8024 3258 8013 3256 8015

      3253 8016 3253 8018 3255 8020 3253 8021



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