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WGUS72 KCHS 250141

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

941 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



SCC015-019-035-250445-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-081025T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-

941 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...EASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY

COUNTIES...



AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF INTENSE RAIN MOVING UP THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FROM EDISTO BEACH TO WEST ASHLEY...TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN 

BE EXPECTED WITH THIS RAINFALL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 

MPH. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 

TODAY...THE SOIL IS SATURATED AND MOST DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY 

FILLED TO CAPACITY. ALTHOUGH THE TIDE LEVEL HAS DROPPED SEVERAL FEET 

FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE...THEY ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT TWO 

FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 



SEVERE URBAN FLOODING MAY DEVELOP FROM WEST ASHLEY TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON THROUGH 11 PM AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE DAY MOVES 

THROUGH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED COUNTLESS REPORTS 

OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THIS EVENING INCLUDING MANY STRANDED 

VEHICLES. DESPITE THE INCONVENIENCES OF FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE 

ROUTE...DONT TAKE A CHANCE. ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A 

VEHICLE AND TWO FEET CAN FLOAT ONE AWAY. 



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 3321 8044 3329 8033

      3319 8007 3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987

      3265 7999



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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 250141

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

941 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



SCC015-019-035-250445-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-081025T0445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-

941 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...EASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BERKELEY

COUNTIES...



AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF INTENSE RAIN MOVING UP THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FROM EDISTO BEACH TO WEST ASHLEY...TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN 

BE EXPECTED WITH THIS RAINFALL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 

MPH. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED 

TODAY...THE SOIL IS SATURATED AND MOST DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY 

FILLED TO CAPACITY. ALTHOUGH THE TIDE LEVEL HAS DROPPED SEVERAL FEET 

FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE...THEY ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT TWO 

FEET ABOVE NORMAL. 



SEVERE URBAN FLOODING MAY DEVELOP FROM WEST ASHLEY TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON THROUGH 11 PM AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE DAY MOVES 

THROUGH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED COUNTLESS REPORTS 

OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THIS EVENING INCLUDING MANY STRANDED 

VEHICLES. DESPITE THE INCONVENIENCES OF FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE 

ROUTE...DONT TAKE A CHANCE. ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A 

VEHICLE AND TWO FEET CAN FLOAT ONE AWAY. 



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 3321 8044 3329 8033

      3319 8007 3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987

      3265 7999



$$



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