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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

439 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

BERKELEY COUNTY...

...DANGEROUS AND EXTREME FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN 

BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 430 PM EDT...THE SAINT STEPHEN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD

FLASH FLOODING IN SAINT STEPHEN AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 

HIGHWAY 45 WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE CLOSED IN SAINT STEPHEN. NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 12 AND 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN SAINT STEPHEN AND BONNEAU WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES 

ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A 

LINE FROM CROSS TO JAMESTOWN.



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

EADYTOWN...JAMESTOWN AND SAINT STEPHEN.



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 3352 7999 3352 8025 3329 8006 3320 7984

      3327 7965 3336 7970



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