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WGUS72 KCHS 241406

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1002 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2006



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CHARLESTON-

1002 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF 

CHARLESTON COUNTY. CHARLESTON AIRPORT HAS ALREADY SET A DAILY 

RAINFALL RECORD WITH OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. IN 

ADDITION DOWNTOWN HAD OVER 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS HAS LED 

TO FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND STREETS ACROSS CHARLESTON. THESE ROADS 

INCLUDE SOUTH STREET...FOLLY ROAD AND MANY OF THE USUAL FLOOD PRONE 

STREETS DOWNTOWN. MUCH OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW SHIFTED NORTH 

INTO PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP 

TO 1 INCH WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING THREAT THROUGH LATE MORNING.



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

ROADWAY. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3256 8039 3284 8039 3281 8015 3287 8017

      3293 8006 3299 8012 3297 7976 3321 7946

      3313 7928 3301 7938 3301 7936 3301 7936

      3302 7957 3291 7957 3280 7973 3278 7995

      3271 7987 3264 8002 3261 8000 3252 8030



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