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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

954 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2008



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BERKELEY SC-

954 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR

CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

JAMESTOWN TO PINOPOLIS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF SAINT STEPHEN TO MONCKS CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND BONNEAU...BONNEAU BEACH...

CROSS...EADYTOWN...HUGER...JAMESTOWN...MONCKS CORNER...PINOPOLIS AND

SAINT STEPHEN.



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 3345 7987 3342 7986 3339 7980 3332 7973

      3330 7966 3304 7970 3302 7979 3309 8013

      3314 8021 3323 8022 3342 8017



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