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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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