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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1221 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008



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BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-

1221 AM EDT SAT OCT 25 2008



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

WESTERN CHARLESTON...SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL

BERKELEY COUNTIES...



AT 1215 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING 

FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WEST ASHLEY...NORTH CHARLESTON AND 

SUMMERVILLE. HOWEVER WATER LEVELS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER 

THE LAST HOUR DUE TO THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAVING MOVED OFF THE 

COAST. WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH 1245 AM. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD. NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE BECOME STRANDED DURING THIS EVENT DUE 

TO MOTORISTS UNDERESTIMATING THE DEPTH OF WATER. CITY OF CHARLESTON 

OFFICIALS REQUEST EVERYONE AVOID DOWNTOWN TONIGHT DUE TO EXTENSIVE 

FLOODING CONCERNS. 



LAT...LON 3273 8022 3296 8027 3304 8018 3298 7995

      3277 7982 3275 7986 3273 7987 3265 7999



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