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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

804 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



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BEAUFORT-

804 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



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

BEAUFORT COUNTY...



AT 804 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO 

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING WEST ACROSS MUCH OF BEAUFORT COUNTY 

IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROPICAL STORM TAMMY. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

HAVE CURRENTLY PUSHED OUT OF THE COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 

AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE LATE MORNING. 

ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUN OFF AND FLASH 

FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH 

WILL CONTINUE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING...MAINLY 

IN THE HILTON HEAD AREA. ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE IS LIKELY.



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

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

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND AND HILTON HEAD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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