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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

722 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008



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CHARLESTON SC-

722 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNS 

ISLAND...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING 

SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND FOLLY BEACH...JAMES 

ISLAND...KIAWAH ISLAND AND JOHNS ISLAND.



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 3264 8010 3267 8011 3268 8012 3270 8011

      3272 8013 3279 7999 3272 7988 3267 7989

      3263 7999 3260 7999

TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 039DEG 7KT 3262 8005



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