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WGUS72 KCHS 041309
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
909 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
909 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
SUNDAY FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 905 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS
MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING IN MANY
AREAS...AND DUE TO THE EXTREMELY WET SOILS FROM RAIN OVER THE PAST
THREE DAYS AND THE INCREASING COASTAL TIDES...THE FLOODING WILL
REMAIN A PROBLEM INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
HANAHAN...MONCKS CORNER...AND MCCLELLANVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW IF YOU LEAVE NEAR A RISING CREEK.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING
OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

DO NOT PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS THEY MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY SEWAGE OR
CONTAIN DISPLACED WILDLIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3309 7934 3300 7936 3304 7954 3295 7962
      3292 7961 3293 7957 3291 7957 3286 7969
      3281 7973 3275 7985 3279 7991 3281 7992
      3280 7993 3268 7989 3265 7994 3332 8025
      3345 8022 3350 7996 3332 7974 3313 7927

$$

FWA
