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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

625 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



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BEAUFORT-

625 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR

BEAUFORT COUNTY...



AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM TAMMY

MOVING WEST ACROSS MUCH OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4

INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE

COAST FROM DAUFUSKIE ISLAND NORTH TO HILTON HEAD AND HUNTING ISLAND.

THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING REMAINS HIGH AS AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. IN ADDITION

TO FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 

TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...FOLLY FIELD...FOREST

BEACH...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD...HUNTING ISLAND...DAUFUSKIE

ISLAND...BEAUFORT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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 3203 8059 3235 8039 3244 8054 3211 8096



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