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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

631 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 627 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM     

  THE RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON FROM 11        

  MILES EAST OF AWENDAW TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AWENDAW TO JAMES     

  ISLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  SULLIVANS ISLAND AND ISLE OF PALMS...

  MOUNT PLEASANT...

  JAMES ISLAND AND FOLLY BEACH...

  AWENDAW...

  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING 

ACROSS PARTS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY THIS MORNING...FURTHER COMPLICATED 

BY THE UPCOMING HIGH TIDE.



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 FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 

CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3287 8004 3260 8003 3289 7947 3306 7936

      3311 7964 3287 7985



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