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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

741 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF

  CHARLESTON...BERKELEY...DORCHESTER AND COLLETON COUNTIES. RADAR

  ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS

  AREA SINCE MID AFTERNOON. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE

  THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS AS THE CORE OF HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED

  WITH TROPICAL STORM HANNA MOVE ONSHORE. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...NORTH CHARLESTON...WEST

  ASHLEY...DANIEL ISLAND...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...HUGER...

  AWENDAW...RIDGEVILLE...COTTAGEVILLE...RAVENEL...JOHNS ISLAND...

  JAMES ISLAND...



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 3272 8060 3309 8054 3330 7994 3308 7955

      3302 7953 3298 7958 3298 7953 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3285 7968 3279 7973 3275 7986

      3267 7989 3263 7999 3260 8000 3259 8009

      3246 8032 3249 8036 3247 8040



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