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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1151 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008



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

1151 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...



AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM HANNA FALLING OVER 

MUCH OF THE CHARLESTON TRI COUNTY AREA AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

COLLETON COUNTY. RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE LATE AFTERNOON. 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1245 

AM...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOODING THAT IS ONGOING IN A 

NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT A NUMBER 

OF ROADS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE AREA...INCLUDING 

PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA. ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSERS 

ARE LIKELY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. NEVER DRIVE 

INTO AREAS  WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE RISK FOR FLOODING WILL 

REMAIN ESPECIALLY HIGH IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND THE SURROUNDING 

AREAS AROUND CHARLESTON HARBOR...AS HIGH TIDE IS APPROACHING.



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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