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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1125 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1125 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008



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

NORTHEASTERN CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TO AWENDAW TO 

GEORGETOWN...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS 

ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA AND SHOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVES OFF THE COAST. 



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND AWENDAW... 

MCCLELLANVILLE...SULLIVANS ISLAND...ISLE OF PALMS AND CENTENARY.



IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE WATER DEPTH AT NIGHT. 

ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER WILL STALL A CAR AND TWO FEET WILL FLOAT ONE 

AWAY. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WILL FLOAT IN TWO FEET OF 

WATER. THEREFORE DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD. 



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 7937 3298 7950 3301 7955 3298 7958

      3300 7955 3298 7953 3296 7954 3295 7960

      3291 7956 3276 7984 3278 7986 3293 7995

      3324 7949 3325 7947 3312 7927



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