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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1213 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT.



* AT 1213 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS

  MUCH OF NORTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN

  1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FROM ROSINVILLE 

  AND HARLEYVILLE SOUTH THROUGH SAINT GEORGE...BYRD AND TEXAS. 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ROSINVILLE...HARLEYVILLE...SAINT GEORGE...GROVER...BYRD...

  TEXAS...DORCHESTER...INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN ROSINVILLE AND 

  DORCHESTER...INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN ROSINVILLE AND CANADYS...



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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