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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

630 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



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CHARLESTON SC-

630 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM PORTIONS OF EDISTO 

ISLAND EAST TO ROCKVILLE AND SEABROOK ISLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 

BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 5 

PM...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FALLING ON SEABROOK ISLAND. THIS IS 

LIKELY RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS THE REGION 

THROUGH 715 PM.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND ROCKVILLE AND SEABROOK

ISLAND.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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 3261 8032 3265 8024 3258 8013 3256 8015

      3253 8016 3253 8018 3255 8020 3253 8021



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