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WGUS52 KCHS 041543
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-042045-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1143 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...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 1139 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
  HANAHAN...MONCKS CORNER...HUGER...AND MCCLELLANVILLE.

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 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

$$

FWA
