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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1205 AM EDT MON OCT 9 2006



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CHARLESTON-

1205 AM EDT MON OCT 9 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE A PERSISTENT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST 

CHARLESTON COUNTY NEAR MCCLELLANVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 

4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE MCCLELLANVILLE AREA SINCE 

10 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY PRODUCING ANOTHER INCH 

OF RAIN...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1 AM. THE CHARLESTON COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE RECENTLY REPORTS SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER NEAR 

AWENDAW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF 

NORTHEAST CHARLESTON COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

MCCLELLANVILLE...AWENDAW...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 17.



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 3300 7935 3313 7926 3321 7945 3310 7964



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