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WGUS72 KCHS 071503

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1100 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005



GAC179-183-191-071600-

LONG-MCINTOSH-LIBERTY-

1100 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR LONG...

MCINTOSH AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...



AT 1055 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM 

RIDGEVILLE TO FLEMINGTON MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT NEAR COLONELS ISLAND IN LIBERTY 

COUNTY. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 12 

NOON AND THIS WILL ONLY MAGNIFY THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT.



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 3161 8171 3137 8145 3167 8133 3197 8161



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