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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1038 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



SCC013-053-060700-

JASPER-BEAUFORT-

1038 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR

JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES...



AT 1038 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAIN ROTATING INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT 

COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF A TARBORO TO 

GARDENS CORNER LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS TROPICAL STORM 

TAMMY MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING...WIND 

GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...HILTON HEAD... 

BEAUFORT...PRITCHARDVILLE...BLUFFTON...HARDEEVILLE...DAUFUSKIE 

ISLAND...LEVY...MYRTLE ISLAND...FOREST BEACH...



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 3204 8091 3227 8042 3249 8043 3259 8112

      3224 8113 3211 8109



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