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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1037 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008



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BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-COLLETON SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1037 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON...EASTERN COLLETON...SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTHERN

BERKELEY COUNTIES...

...THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD FLOODING IS INCREASING IN 

DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WITH THE APPROACH OF HIGH TIDE...



AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

INTENSE LINE OF RAIN EXTENDING FROM JAMESTOWN SOUTH THROUGH HUGER...

WILD DUNES AND INTO THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 

TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES 

SLOWLY WEST. MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CHARLESTON TRI COUNTY AREA 

HAVE ALREADY SEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND ANY 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY 

IN PROGRESS.



THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN LOCATIONS 

AROUND THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WHERE 

TIDES REMAIN ELEVATED WITH THE APPROACH OF HIGH TIDE. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RECENTLY REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT 

THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA ARE ALREADY FLOODED. 



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON... 

MOUNT PLEASANT...NORTH CHARLESTON...WEST ASHLEY...DANIEL 

ISLAND...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...HUGER...AWENDAW... 

RIDGEVILLE...COTTAGEVILLE...RAVENEL...JOHN S ISLAND...JAMES ISLAND...



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 

FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 3272 8060 3309 8054 3330 7994 3308 7955

      3302 7953 3298 7958 3298 7953 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3285 7968 3279 7973 3275 7986

      3267 7989 3263 7999 3260 8000 3259 8009

      3246 8032 3249 8036 3247 8040



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