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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

829 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-

829 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...DORCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. 

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL REPORTS RANGE FROM 3 TO MORE THAN 6 INCHES. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

LOCAL SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THERE IS 

SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN WEST ASHLEY...NORTH 

CHARLESTON...SUMMERVILLE AND DORCHESTER. EVERYONE IN THE WARNED AREA 

SHOULD AVOID DRIVING IF POSSIBLE. FLOOD WATER IS VERY DIFFICULT TO 

SEE AT NIGHT AND THE WATER IS LIKELY TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY. 



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...NORTH 

CHARLESTON...WEST ASHLEY...LADSON...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE 

CREEK...HANAHAN...RIDGEVILLE...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. 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.



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 3273 8022 3280 8030 3305 8038 3322 8072

      3334 8049 3329 8046 3327 8041 3329 8033

      3319 8007 3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987

      3265 7999



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