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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1034 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 1034 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN PORTIONS OF WEST ASHLEY, DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON, AND MOUNT PLEASANT. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH CHARLESTON, MOUNT PLEASANT, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, DANIEL
ISLAND, JAMES ISLAND, WEST ASHLEY, JOHNS ISLAND, HOLLYWOOD,
CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX AND CHARLES TOWNE LANDING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3276 7994 3275 7996 3274 8013 3283 8015
3288 7995 3290 7986 3291 7976 3283 7974
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
ACD
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