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WGUS72 KCHS 040714
FFSCHS

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

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT SUNDAY
FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 300 AM EDT...BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SWIFT WATER RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY ACROSS
SEVERAL AREAS. THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDE AWENDAW...NORTH
CHARLESTON...CAINHOY...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...MONCKS CORNER...AND
COLLEGE PARK. NUMEROUS VEHICLES ARE SUBMERGED AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE. THE CLOSED ROADS INCLUDE MAJOR HIGHWAYS SUCH
AS INTERSTATE 26...INTERSTATE 526...AND HIGHWAY 41. OVER THE PAST
FEW HOURS...EXTREMELY INTENSE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM AROUND
AWENDAW TO MONCKS CORNER WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN THE 2 TO 3
INCH RANGE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE APPROACHING 20
INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE
SANTEE RIVER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
HANAHAN...MONCKS CORNER...MCCLELLANVILLE AND I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE.

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
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

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

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