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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

345 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 340 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD

  FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED

  WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS MUCH OF THE

  COUNTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES 

  SLOWLY NORTH. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE 

  NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS 

  TO SUBSIDE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 6 AND 

  13 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY TODAY AND

  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

  THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE 

  NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  EADYTOWN AND CROSS...

  BONNEAU BEACH...

  BONNEAU...

  PINOPOLIS AND JAMESTOWN...

  MONCKS CORNER...



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.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN

RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3351 7999 3352 8025 3320 8018 3301 8003

      3321 7963 3336 7970



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