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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

241 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR

BERKELEY COUNTY...

...EVACUATIONS IN PROGRESS BETWEEN BONNEAU AND MONCKS CORNER...



AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ROTATING AROUND THE CENTER OF 

TROPICAL STORM GASTON. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE 

NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM CROSS EASTWARD THROUGH MONCKS 

CORNER...SAINT STEPHEN...BONNEAU AND SHULERVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES AS 

MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA 

TODAY.



AT 240 PM EDT...BERKELEY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 

EVACUATIONS WERE IN PROGRESS IN THE SHORT STAY NAVY RECREATIONAL 

PARK LOCATED BETWEEN BONNEAU AND MONCKS CORNER. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE 

ALSO REPORTED TO BE FLOODED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE COUNTY. 



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...BONNEAU...BONNEAU BEACH...

CROSS...MONCKS CORNER...EADYTOWN AND SAINT STEPHEN.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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 TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



LAT...LON 3314 7996 3329 7978 3343 7987 3350 7999

      3346 8015



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