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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-COLLETON SC-DORCHESTER SC-
600 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT SUNDAY
FOR CHARLESTON...BERKELEY...COLLETON AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN REDEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER RAIN
OCCURS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN THE FLASH FLOODING WHICH IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...SUMMERVILLE...JAMES ISLAND...
WALTERBORO...EDISTO BEACH...SAINT GEORGE...MIDDLETON PLACE AND
LADSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND
STREAMS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3333 8051 3328 8049 3326 8043 3326 8036
      3328 8035 3327 8030 3332 8025 3266 7993
      3261 8001 3260 8011 3256 8017 3256 8019
      3248 8033 3251 8036 3247 8041 3253 8047
      3317 8081

$$

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