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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

642 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN   

  FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY FROM

  MONKS CORNER TO SAINT STEPHEN TO JAMESTOWN. RADAR ESTIMATES

  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS FROM

  SAINT STEPHEN EAST TO ALVIN AND JAMESTOWN SINCE 5 PM. THIS 

  INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CALESTOWN AND BEUFORDTOWN. 

  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 

  HOUR AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  MONCKS CORNER...

  PINOPOLIS...

  JAMESTOWN...

  ALVIN...

  CALESTOWN...

  BEAUFORDTOWN...

  HIGHWAY 45 BETWEEN SAINT STEPHEN AND JAMESTOWN...



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 3320 8011 3307 7995 3328 7965 3339 7984



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