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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...DANGEROUS FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1000 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



* AT 1000 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT

  FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WITH MANY STREETS FLOODED. HEAVY

  RAIN WILL SLOWLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR HOWEVER

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING. ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND MOVING

  NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. WITH HIGH TIDE APPROACHING...LONG TERM 

  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CHARLESTON COUNTY 

  THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... 

  ADAMS RUN...AWENDAW...  CHARLESTON...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...EDISTO   

  ISLAND...HANAHAN...  HOLLYWOOD...JOHNS ISLAND...MCCLELLANVILLE...

  MEGGETT...MOUNT   PLEASANT...NORTH CHARLESTON...RAVENEL...

  SHADOWMOSS...WADMALAW   ISLAND...WEST ASHLEY AND YONGES ISLAND.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD MOST FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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LAT...LON 3262 8036 3253 8032 3310 7932 3316 7946

          3282 7995 3297 8006 3280 8014 3283 8036



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