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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

220 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 218 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF CROSS TO

  JAMESTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  MONCKS CORNER TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING     

  SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  BONNEAU BEACH AND JAMESTOWN...

  BONNEAU...

  CROSS...

  ALTERNATE ROUTE 17...

  STATE ROAD 41... 

  SANTEE RIVER ROAD...

  ALVIN...



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.



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

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.



LAT...LON 3341 8037 3350 7993 3322 7944 3314 7981



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