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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

918 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 912 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 3   

  INCHES PER HOUR...OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES   

  SOUTHEAST OF SAINT STEPHEN TO 8 MILES WEST OF MONCKS CORNER...     

  MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  PINOPOLIS...BONNEAU...

  JAMESTOWN...

  MONCKS CORNER...

  HUGER...



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 3345 7987 3342 7986 3339 7980 3332 7973

      3330 7966 3304 7970 3298 7976 3305 8020

      3312 8026 3323 8027 3343 8022



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