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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

808 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



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CHARLESTON SC-

808 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST CHARLESTON COUNTY. HOWEVER REPORTS

FROM SEABROOK ISLAND INDICATE FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN A NUMBER

OF AREAS. RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE ROCKVILLE AND SEABROOK ISLAND 

COMMUNITIES SINCE 5 PM. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...IT WILL TAKE

SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AND AROUND ROCKVILLE AND 

SEABROOK ISLAND THROUGH 9 PM.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER 

OF MINUTES.



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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