

000 

WGUS52 KCHS 261013

FFWCHS

SCC015-019-261300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

606 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 606 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM CROSS TO 3 MILES WEST OF HUGER TO 13 MILES EAST

  OF ISLE OF PALMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE   

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  AREAS FROM AWENDAW...TO               

  MCCLELLANVILLE...AND INTO SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY NEAR JAMESTOWN  

  TO BETHERA...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING RAINS OVER THE        

  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  IN ADDITION...RAINS OFFSHORE OF CHARLESTON    

  COUNTY WILL MOVE INLAND...PRODUCING FLOODING NEAR DOWNTOWN         

  CHARLESTON.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  PINOPOLIS AND MONCKS CORNER...

  CROSS...

  HUGER...

  EADYTOWN AND BONNEAU BEACH...

  BONNEAU...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3326 8033 3291 8006 3267 7995 3313 7927

          3332 7973 3353 8012



$$



PY

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000 

WGUS52 KCHS 261013

FFWCHS

SCC015-019-261300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

606 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 606 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM CROSS TO 3 MILES WEST OF HUGER TO 13 MILES EAST

  OF ISLE OF PALMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE   

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  AREAS FROM AWENDAW...TO               

  MCCLELLANVILLE...AND INTO SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY NEAR JAMESTOWN  

  TO BETHERA...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING RAINS OVER THE        

  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  IN ADDITION...RAINS OFFSHORE OF CHARLESTON    

  COUNTY WILL MOVE INLAND...PRODUCING FLOODING NEAR DOWNTOWN         

  CHARLESTON.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  PINOPOLIS AND MONCKS CORNER...

  CROSS...

  HUGER...

  EADYTOWN AND BONNEAU BEACH...

  BONNEAU...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3326 8033 3291 8006 3267 7995 3313 7927

          3332 7973 3353 8012



$$



PY

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