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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

842 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SPREADING UP THE SOUTH

  CAROLINA COAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE

  ALREADY OCCURRED AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE BAND

  OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TO AWENDAW TO

  MCCLELLANVILLE...AS FAR INLAND AS MONCKS CORNER AND JAMESTOWN. 

  THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THE WANDO RIVER IS RUNNING ESPECIALLY HIGH

  AND PRODUCING FLOODING IN SOME SUBDIVISIONS ADJACENT TO THE FLOOD

  PLAIN. BE AWARE THAT DUE TO THE VERY HIGH TIDES...WATER MAY APPEAR

  IN AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  AWENDAW...WANDO...

  HUGER...MCCLELLANVILLE...

  MONCKS CORNER...JAMESTOWN...

  MOUNT PLEASANT...



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.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3300 7936 3298 7950 3301 7955 3298 7958

      3300 7955 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3276 7982 3277 7985 3320 8010

      3345 7988 3332 7973 3325 7947 3312 7927



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