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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

529 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 529 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER

  MONCKS CORNER. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE      

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AND AROUND MONCKS CORNER OVER THE    

  PAST FEW HOURS.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  MONCKS CORNER AND PINOPOLIS...

  BONNEAU BEACH...

  BONNEAU...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



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 3323 8020 3305 8012 3327 7979 3340 7999



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