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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1125 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS ENDING ACROSS THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY        
  REGION. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER 
  IN THE REGION...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...AND DRIVING        
  CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS UNTIL WATER LEVELS RECEDE EARLY   
  THIS AFTERNOON.  
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  CHARLES TOWNE LANDING...WEST ASHLEY...CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX...  
  NORTH CHARLESTON...DON HOLT BRIDGE...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3279 7973 3277 7981 3275 7984 3275 7987
      3273 7986 3268 7988 3266 7990 3263 7997
      3260 7999 3259 8011 3254 8017 3299 8024
      3314 7999 3286 7966
$$