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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

649 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND

  CENTRAL CHARLESTON...WESTERN BERKELEY...AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES.

  THE AREA OF RAINFALL IS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR AND GROUND REPORTS

  INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN

  IN THE WARNING AREA. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED

  WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE SOIL IS SATURATED

  AND MOST DRAINAGE SYSTEMS HAVE BECOME OVERWHELMED. FLOODED

  ROADS AND UNDERPASSES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMON

  THROUGH THE EVENING. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  CHARLESTON AIRPORT...HANAHAN...

  LADSON...GOOSE CREEK...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...

  WEST ASHLEY...SUMMERVILLE...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



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 3273 8022 3280 8030 3305 8038 3322 8072

      3334 8049 3329 8046 3327 8041 3329 8033

      3319 8007 3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987

      3265 7999



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