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WGUS52 KCHS 041536
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-029-035-042045-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1136 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

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...
  COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 1129 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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

WHILE THE RAIN HAS LIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY IN MOST OF THE
AREA...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING. ALSO...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO
CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING NEAR CREEKS...PONDS...AND CULVERTS THAT
OVERFLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. SMALL AMOUNTS OF
WATER ON THE ROADS CAN MASK SINKHOLES OR EVEN ROAD COLLAPSES
UNDERNEATH. STALLED CARS CAN IMPEDE FIRST RESPONDERS TO EMERGENCIES.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY. DO
NOT PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS THEY MAY CONTAIN SEWAGE AND DISPLACED
WILDLIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3333 8051 3328 8049 3326 8043 3326 8036
      3328 8035 3327 8030 3332 8025 3266 7993
      3261 8001 3260 8011 3256 8017 3256 8019
      3248 8033 3251 8036 3247 8041 3253 8047
      3317 8081

$$

FWA
