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WGUS52 KCHS 312307

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SCC019-010100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

706 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 705 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING AROUND   

  WAMBAW CORNER. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND HAD PRODUCED AN ESTIMATED 4 INCHES 

  OF RAIN SINCE 600 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... MCCLELLANVILLE AND WAMBAW

  CORNER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING FARMLAND.



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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