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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1005 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



SCC019-029-071415-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

COLLETON SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1005 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME

SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTIES...



FLOODING RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



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 3230 8053 3239 8054 3243 8044 3243 8043

      3239 8041 3239 8042 3236 8042 3236 8043

      3234 8043 3234 8044 3231 8044

TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 219DEG 10KT 3230 8046



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SCC013-071430-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080707T1430Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BEAUFORT SC-

1005 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY...



AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. 

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIPP ISLAND...OR ABOUT 16 MILES

SOUTHEAST OF BEAUFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES

BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND FRIPP ISLAND

AND HUNTING ISLAND SINCE 8 AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE

THROUGH 1030 AM. 



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND FRIPP ISLAND AND HUNTING

ISLAND.



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 3230 8053 3239 8054 3243 8044 3243 8043

      3239 8041 3239 8042 3236 8042 3236 8043

      3234 8043 3234 8044 3231 8044

TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 219DEG 10KT 3230 8046



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