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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

447 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2005



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CHARLESTON-

447 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 447 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON 

COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH.



THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT STREETS WERE STILL FLOODED IN DOWNTOWN

CHARLESTON AT THIS HOUR...BUT FLOOD WATERS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.



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 OR EMAIL YOUR

REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 3282 7996 3285 8002 3286 8008 3285 8017

      3271 8017 3263 8001 3274 7990



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