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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1247 PM 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 345 PM EDT.



* AT 1247 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS 

  NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY FROM CANADYS TO SIDNEY SOUTH TO WALTERBORO

  AND HENDERSONVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS IN THESE AREAS WITH AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6.5 

  INCHES BETWEEN CANADYS AND SIDNEY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL 

  PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CANADYS...SIDNEY...WALTERBORO...HENDERSONVILLE...RHODES CROSSROADS...

  HIGHWAY 15 BETWEEN CANADYS AND HENDERSONVILLE...HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN

  WALTERBORO AND ROUND O.



DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN PROGRESS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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LAT...LON 3277 8084 3276 8065 3303 8042 3306 8048

          3306 8061 3309 8070



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