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WGUS72 KCHS 182016
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
416 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015

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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
416 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT
MUCH OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND EXTENDING IN MOUNT PLEASANT... WEST
ASHLEY AND JAMES ISLAND. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
IN SOME AREAS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA SINCE 230 PM. AN ADDITIONAL
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 515 PM. THIS WILL RESULT
IN SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON. REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE
NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED
THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA. SOME PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN
STALLED CARS THAT HAVE FLOODED. WATER WILL LIKELY ENTER HOMES AND
BUSINESSES SHORTLY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTH
CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...ISLE OF
PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...SULLIVAN'S ISLAND AND CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 7977 3275 7985 3279 7988 3278 7991
      3281 7992 3280 7993 3275 7991 3276 7988
      3274 7990 3273 7988 3274 7987 3270 7989
      3278 8006 3290 8000 3285 7976

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