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WGUS72 KCHS 250202

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1002 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



SCC015-019-250630-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081025T0630Z/

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

BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1002 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 953 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 

MOUNT PLEASANT TO HUGER...TO AWENDAW AND MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE DAY HAS 

YET TO MOVE THROUGH. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THE RAIN THAT MOVES THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN MOUNT 

PLEASANT...HUGER...JAMESTOWN...AWENDAW AND MCCLELLANVILLE. 



IT IS ADVISED THAT EVERYONE AVOID DRIVING IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER 

OF FLOODING REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA. MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 

INTO FLOOD WATERS AND STALLING THEIR VEHICLE. REMEMBER...ONLY ONE 

FOOT OF WATER IS REQUIRED TO STALL A CAR AND TWO FEET OF WATER CAN 

FLOAT A VEHICLE...EVEN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. AT NIGHT...IT IS 

NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE DEPTH OF WATER ON THE ROAD. 

THEREFORE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. 



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 3300 7936 3298 7950 3301 7955 3298 7958

      3300 7955 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3276 7982 3277 7985 3320 8010

      3345 7988 3332 7973 3325 7947 3312 7927



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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 250202

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1002 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



SCC015-019-250630-

/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081025T0630Z/

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

BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1002 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 953 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 

MOUNT PLEASANT TO HUGER...TO AWENDAW AND MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE DAY HAS 

YET TO MOVE THROUGH. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THE RAIN THAT MOVES THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN MOUNT 

PLEASANT...HUGER...JAMESTOWN...AWENDAW AND MCCLELLANVILLE. 



IT IS ADVISED THAT EVERYONE AVOID DRIVING IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER 

OF FLOODING REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA. MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 

INTO FLOOD WATERS AND STALLING THEIR VEHICLE. REMEMBER...ONLY ONE 

FOOT OF WATER IS REQUIRED TO STALL A CAR AND TWO FEET OF WATER CAN 

FLOAT A VEHICLE...EVEN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. AT NIGHT...IT IS 

NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE DEPTH OF WATER ON THE ROAD. 

THEREFORE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. 



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 3300 7936 3298 7950 3301 7955 3298 7958

      3300 7955 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3276 7982 3277 7985 3320 8010

      3345 7988 3332 7973 3325 7947 3312 7927



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