

000 

WGUS52 KCHS 250012

FFWCHS

SCC013-019-029-250615-

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

812 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT SATURDAY



* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF BEAUFORT...SOUTHERN

  COLLETON AND WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTIES. THE RAIN IS MOVING

  SLOWLY TO THE EAST. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN

  THESE AREAS WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

  HAVE BECOME OVERWHELMED BY THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT

  FLOODING OF ROADS AND SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE

  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO TIDAL MARSHES

  WILL BE ESPECIALLY FLOOD-PRONE DUE TO THE BACKUP OF WATER FROM THE

  VERY HIGH TIDE. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  BEAUFORT...PORT ROYAL...

  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...DALE...

  ADAMS RUN...FRIPP ISLAND...

  HILTON HEAD ISLAND...BENNETTS POINT...



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 3224 8101 3242 8081 3266 8087 3293 8040

      3286 8039 3285 8030 3273 8020 3268 8001

      3279 7986 3277 7982 3267 7991 3246 8032

      3249 8047 3242 8041 3231 8045 3225 8062

      3234 8075 3228 8075 3222 8066 3207 8090



$$



JRL

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000 

WGUS52 KCHS 250012

FFWCHS

SCC013-019-029-250615-

/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0020.081025T0012Z-081025T0615Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

812 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT SATURDAY



* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF BEAUFORT...SOUTHERN

  COLLETON AND WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTIES. THE RAIN IS MOVING

  SLOWLY TO THE EAST. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN

  THESE AREAS WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

  HAVE BECOME OVERWHELMED BY THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT

  FLOODING OF ROADS AND SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE

  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO TIDAL MARSHES

  WILL BE ESPECIALLY FLOOD-PRONE DUE TO THE BACKUP OF WATER FROM THE

  VERY HIGH TIDE. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  BEAUFORT...PORT ROYAL...

  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...DALE...

  ADAMS RUN...FRIPP ISLAND...

  HILTON HEAD ISLAND...BENNETTS POINT...



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 3224 8101 3242 8081 3266 8087 3293 8040

      3286 8039 3285 8030 3273 8020 3268 8001

      3279 7986 3277 7982 3267 7991 3246 8032

      3249 8047 3242 8041 3231 8045 3225 8062

      3234 8075 3228 8075 3222 8066 3207 8090



$$



JRL

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