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SCC029-291700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1141 AM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



* AT 1141 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM CANADYS THROUGH WALTERBORO TO HENDERSONVILLE. THE AREA OF

  HEAVY RAIN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 3 TO

  5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA SINCE MID MORNING. 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  CANADYS...

  WALTERBORO...

  INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 53 

  RHODES CROSSROADS...

  SIDNEY...

  HENDERSONVILLE...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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