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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1008 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



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BERKELEY SC-

1008 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2008



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

CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT RAIN DIMINISHING ACROSS CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY. THE RISK FOR 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...BUT FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED 

TO SUBSIDE SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR IN THE AREAS THAT 

OBSERVED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AND AROUND...

PIMLICO...OAKLEY...HAGAN AND WOODLAND.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT 

QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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 3318 7995 3305 7982 3297 7995 3312 8006



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