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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

929 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2007



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BERKELEY SC-

929 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR

BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 929 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCH OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 7 AM AND ANOTHER INCH COULD FALL 

THROUGH 945 AM. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN A NUMBER 

OF AREAS THIS MORNING...SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND COLLEGE PARK...GOOSE 

CREEK...HUGER AND SANGAREE. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF HIGHWAY 52.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3292 7990 3298 8003 3299 8004 3300 8007

      3305 8018 3309 8017 3315 8014 3320 8004

      3307 7973

TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 180DEG 0KT 3324 8030 3299 7982



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