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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

252 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005



SCC015-019-092115-

BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-

225 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...



AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS. THIS LINE 

WAS LOCATED FROM 2 MILES WEST OF GOOSE CREEK TO NEAR AWENDAW AND WAS

NEARLY STATIONARY. 



SINCE 2 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN AND 

AROUND NORTH CHARLESTON...GOOSE CREEK...HUGER AND AWENDAW. EASTERN 

BERKELEY COUNTY AND MUCH OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...ROUGHLY NORTH OF 

INTERSTATE 26...CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

THROUGH 515 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...AWENDAW...CAINHOY...

CHARLESTON AIRPORT...DANIEL ISLAND...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...HUGER...

MCCLELLANVILLE...NORTH CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WAMBAW 

CORNER AND WANDO. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 17 FROM CHARLESTON TO 

MCCLELLANVILLE AND INTERSTATE 26 FROM CHARLESTON TO SUMMERVILLE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 AND LEAVE A 

MESSAGE OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3297 8011 3280 8003 3309 7932 3324 7952



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