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WGUS52 KCHS 221321

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

920 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

  SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

  SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.



* AT 911 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING   

  IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AFFECTED. THE        

  RAIN PRODUCING THE FLOODING IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BEAUFORT...BENNETTS POINT...

  BLUFFTON...EDISTO BEACH...EDISTO ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...

  HOLLYWOOD...JAMES ISLAND...JOHNS ISLAND...MEGGETT...PARRIS

  ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...ROCKVILLE...SEABROOK ISLAND...SHADOWMOSS...

  WADMALAW ISLAND...WEST ASHLEY AND YONGES ISLAND.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE COASTAL AREAS WHERE 

UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS LIKELY. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE MOVING ONSHORE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 

INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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