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WGUS52 KCHS 102236

FFWCHS

SCC013-110130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

635 PM EDT THU OCT 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 634 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS

  SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLOODING 

  ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH TORRENTIAL

  RAINFALL WERE MOVING IN OFF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. RADAR ESTIMATED OF 

  2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY IN THE 

  PAST HOUR AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1 TO 

  2 HOURS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BEAUFORT...DALE...FRIPP

  ISLAND...GARDENS CORNER...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL AND SHELDON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



LAT...LON 3224 8076 3225 8052 3240 8033 3252 8054

          3266 8073 3265 8083 3233 8082



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