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WGUS52 KCHS 040405
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-029-035-041000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1205 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN DORCHESTER
COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
  CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 1155 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
DORCHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE OAKBROOK AREA. DORCHESTER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS ARE EN
ROUTE TO THE OAKBROOK AREA...BETWEEN MILES JAMISON ROAD...OLD
TROLLEY ROAD...AND LADSON ROAD. FLOOD WATERS WERE ENTERING HOMES IN
THE AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 10-15 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 6
AM WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL ONLY SERVE TO WORSEN THE ONGOING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN
DORCHESTER COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...SUMMERVILLE...WALTERBORO...EDISTO
  BEACH...SAINT GEORGE...MIDDLETON PLACE AND LADSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3266 7993 3261 8001 3260 8011 3255 8018
      3256 8019 3248 8033 3251 8036 3247 8041
      3253 8047 3317 8081 3333 8051 3327 8047
      3326 8036 3328 8035 3327 8030 3328 8028
      3333 8025

$$
