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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

925 PM EDT THU OCT 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.



* AT 925 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM 

  EDISTO ISLAND SOUTH TO 10 MILES OFFSHORE OF EDISTO BEACH. THE  

  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLOODING ARE MOVING NORTH AT 

  15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... EDISTO ISLAND...KIAWAH ISLAND...

  ROCKVILLE...SEABROOK ISLAND AND YONGES ISLAND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

STREETS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS

AND LOW-LYING SPOTS. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

IN THE PAST 2 HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN PRIOR

TO MIDNIGHT.



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.



LAT...LON 3247 8033 3251 8022 3265 8000 3271 8039



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