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

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

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 1145 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 520 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS FALLING
  OVER MUCH OF DORCHESTER COUNTY...WESTERN CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
  BERKELEY COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN HAS
  DIMINISHED... WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED
  SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE FLOOD SITUATION OVER THE PAST FEW
  HOURS...BUT THE SITUATION REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS
  NOT ENCOURAGED.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

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

$$
