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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

122 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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BEAUFORT SC-CHATHAM GA-JASPER SC-

122 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR

BEAUFORT...CHATHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 109 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE TORRENTIAL RAIN 

OCCURRING FROM OFF THE COAST THROUGH HILTON HEAD...INLAND TO NEAR 

COOSAWHATCHIE...MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH. RAINFALL HAS RECENTLY 

TAPERED OFF ACROSS CHATHAM COUNTY...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR 

MORE HEAVY SHOWERS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS THAT ALREADY 

RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL. EARLIER...LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 278 WAS CLOSED NEAR WEXFORD VILLAGE DUE 

TO HIGH WATER. SEVERAL OTHER AREA ROADS WERE IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. 



AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE AREAS AT GREATEST RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING THROUGH 3 PM INCLUDE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND VICINITY... 

BLUFFTON...AND KNOWLES. ALL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL BE AT 

RISK FOR FLOODING TO REDEVELOP THROUGH 6 PM AS MORE SHOWERS 

DEVELOP.   



REMEMBER...THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE FOR WEATHER-RELATED FATALITIES IS 

VEHICLES DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE ROAD...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 3200 8123 3227 8108 3253 8054 3242 8041

      3238 8042 3224 8062 3226 8066 3230 8066

      3229 8069 3234 8075 3230 8073 3228 8075

      3223 8066 3220 8066 3207 8088 3203 8089

      3187 8109

TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 150DEG 5KT 3220 8075



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