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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

439 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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BEAUFORT SC-

439 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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

BEAUFORT COUNTY...



AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF TORRENTIAL RAIN MOVING ONSHORE NEAR HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND 

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. AREAS 

IN AND AROUND HILTON HEAD...DAUFUSKIE...MYRTLE ISLAND...AND BLUFFTON 

COULD PICK UP ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS COULD 

EASILY EXACERBATE ONGOING ROAD FLOODING.



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 3214 8094 3229 8099 3229 8094 3233 8092

      3251 8058 3253 8054 3242 8041 3238 8043

      3224 8062 3226 8066 3230 8066 3229 8069

      3234 8075 3230 8073 3228 8075 3220 8066

      3209 8089

TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 154DEG 8KT 3217 8074



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