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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

943 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT



* AT 943 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM 3  

  MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUGER. THE RAIN

  PRODUCING THE FLOODING WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...

  JAMESTOWN...SHULERVILLE...CAINHOY AND HUGER...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

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



THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT REPORTS OF FLOODING ON THE BERKELEY COUNTY 

SIDE NEAR JEDBURG...AND IN THE LEBANON AREA.



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 3333 7975 3289 7994 3294 7980 3310 7968

          3321 7946



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