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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1243 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 1229 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER ENTERING
  STRUCTURES IN PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES.
  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL AND WILL ONLY ACT TO
  WORSEN THE ONGOING FLOODING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES...SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...THE COLLEGE
PARK AREA...AND MONCKS CORNER. MULTIPLE REPORTS ARE COMING IN OF
WATER ENTERING HOMES AND STRUCTURES WITH NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED AND
CARS SUBMERGED. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA RANGE
BETWEEN 12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
CURRENT RADAR SHOWS THAT THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL IS SETTING UP
ACROSS AN AREA FROM AROUND AWENDAW TO MONCKS CORNER. HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY...AND AN ADDITIONAL
3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OF POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
  HANAHAN...MONCKS CORNER...MCCLELLANVILLE AND I-26/I-526
  INTERCHANGE.

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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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 3309 7934 3300 7936 3304 7954 3295 7962
      3292 7961 3293 7957 3291 7957 3286 7969
      3281 7973 3275 7985 3279 7991 3281 7992
      3280 7993 3268 7989 3265 7994 3332 8025
      3345 8022 3350 7996 3332 7974 3313 7927

$$
