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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1227 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 1224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK.
  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  UP TO 4 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN OVER THE
  PAST HOUR AND A HALF ON PARTS OF JAMES ISLAND. WATER IS PONDING IN
  YARDS AND DRIVEWAYS.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

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LAT...LON 3266 7999 3273 8004 3277 7999 3270 7991

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