

000 

WGUS52 KCHS 130144

FFWCHS

SCC019-130445-

/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0014.080813T0144Z-080813T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

944 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT

  PLEASANT TO JAMES ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING

  NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  JAMES ISLAND...MOUNT PLEASANT...

  CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.



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 3265 7997 3277 7998 3283 7989 3278 7980

      3274 7985 3275 7986 3275 7987 3274 7986



$$



000 

WGUS52 KCHS 130144

FFWCHS

SCC019-130445-

/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0014.080813T0144Z-080813T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

944 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT

  PLEASANT TO JAMES ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING

  NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  JAMES ISLAND...MOUNT PLEASANT...

  CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.



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 3265 7997 3277 7998 3283 7989 3278 7980

      3274 7985 3275 7986 3275 7987 3274 7986



$$

