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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

738 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 737 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF  

  EVANS COUNTY. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 

  HOUR ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH 900 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...DAISY AND

  HAGAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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