

000 

WGUS72 KCHS 250214

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1014 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-

1014 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL

BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FROM KIAWAH ISLAND TO WEST ASHLEY TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR THROUGH 1130 

PM. 



DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING SEVERE URBAN FLOODING. 

CITY OF CHARLESTON OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING THAT NO PERSONS ENTER 

THE CHARLESTON PENINSULA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. MANY MOTORISTS 

HAVE BECOME STRANDED IN THE FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

SITUATION. 



FOR ANYONE ALREADY IN FLOODED AREAS...AVOID DRIVING INTO ANY WATER. 

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE WATER DEPTH AT NIGHT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF 

WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE AND TWO FEET CAN FLOAT ONE AWAY...EVEN 

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



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 3296 8027 3307 8022 3319 8007

      3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987 3265 7999



$$

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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 250214

FFSCHS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1014 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-

1014 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL

BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FROM KIAWAH ISLAND TO WEST ASHLEY TO DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR THROUGH 1130 

PM. 



DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING SEVERE URBAN FLOODING. 

CITY OF CHARLESTON OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING THAT NO PERSONS ENTER 

THE CHARLESTON PENINSULA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. MANY MOTORISTS 

HAVE BECOME STRANDED IN THE FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

SITUATION. 



FOR ANYONE ALREADY IN FLOODED AREAS...AVOID DRIVING INTO ANY WATER. 

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE WATER DEPTH AT NIGHT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF 

WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE AND TWO FEET CAN FLOAT ONE AWAY...EVEN 

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



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 3296 8027 3307 8022 3319 8007

      3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987 3265 7999



$$

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