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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

632 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 631 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A   

  CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND 

  SOUTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

  CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT...

  WEST ASHLEY AND JOHNS ISLAND...

  MEGGETT AND YONGES ISLAND...

  RAVENEL AND HOLLYWOOD...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



ALSO COMPOUNDING THE POTENTIAL FLOODING CONCERNS FOR THE IMMEDIATE 

COASTLINE AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON IS THE APPROACHING HIGH TIDE CYCLE 

THIS MORNING...WHICH IS AT 807 AM IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR.



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 3258 8018 3265 7994 3284 7971 3294 7974

      3284 7994 3282 8037



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