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WGUS72 KCHS 181944
FFSCHS

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

SCC015-019-182115-
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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
344 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015

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

AT 344 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
IMPACTING AREAS FROM THE NECK SOUTH TO DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...MOUNT
PLEASANT AND JAMES ISLAND. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 245 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 515 PM. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
HIGH...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.

AT 340 PM...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PARTS OF DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA. BE ALERT FOR
CLOSED ROADS.

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...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TO REPORT REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

&&

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

$$
