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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1256 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



* AT 1256 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF SAINT STEPHEN...WITH UP TO ONE FOOT OF  

  WATER COVERING THE ROADS.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF   

  RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM SAINT STEPHEN TO PINEVILLE.  RAIN HAS EXITED  

  THE AREA BUT THE HIGH WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH THE         

  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BONNEAU...BONNEAU BEACH...CROSS

  AND SAINT STEPHEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



LAT...LON 3349 8000 3332 8022 3321 8007 3326 7991

          3338 7983



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