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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1242 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1241 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

  TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF BERKELEY... 

  CHARLESTON AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROPICAL

  STORM HANNA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SINCE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND AN  

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 330 AM. SPOTTERS AND  

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING IS STILL    

  OCCURRING IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING AND ANY

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THIS FLOODING. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...MCCLELLANVILLE...HUGER...

  MONCKS CORNER...RIDGEVILLE...SUMMERVILLE...NORTH CHARLESTON...

  DANIEL ISLAND...SAINT STEPHEN....WEST ASHLEY...RAVENEL...

  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 3256 8031 3274 8037 3305 8037 3326 8046

      3329 8026 3345 8022 3350 8013 3351 7996

      3332 7973 3313 7927 3299 7936 3301 7955

      3298 7958 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3275 7986 3260 8000 3254 8016



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