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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
640 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH
  CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD    
  CLOSURES DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON DUE TO FLOODING.

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO     
  MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE. DRAINAGE WILL BE SLOW TO OCCUR AND   
  THUS ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED. 

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...JAMES ISLAND
  COUNTY PARK...FORT JOHNSON...JAMES ISLAND...FORT SUMTER...SULLIVANS
  ISLAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3275 7986 3278 7987 3277 7988 3278 7990
      3278 7991 3277 7991 3277 7992 3276 7991
      3276 7988 3275 7987 3273 7988 3268 8000
      3287 8007 3288 7984 3278 7980

$$