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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
510 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

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 715 PM EDT

* AT 510 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS
  WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING MUCH OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND
  EXTENDING INTO WEST ASHLEY AND JAMES ISLAND. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA
  THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY END THROUGH
  6 PM...THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. SIGNIFICANT FLASH
  FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
  AREA. REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE
  NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED. MANY CARS ARE FLOODED OR STALLED AND
  TRAFFIC REMAINS HEAVY IN MANY AREAS. AVOID TRAVELING IN DOWNTOWN
  CHARLESTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...
  ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...SULLIVAN'S ISLAND AND
  CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX.

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
UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 7977 3275 7985 3279 7988 3278 7991
      3281 7992 3280 7993 3275 7991 3276 7988
      3274 7990 3273 7988 3274 7987 3270 7989
      3278 8006 3290 8000 3285 7976

$$
