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FFSCHS

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

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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-COLLETON SC-DORCHESTER SC-
539 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON
COUNTIES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR
CHARLESTON...BERKELEY...COLLETON AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 520 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS FALLING OVER
MUCH OF DORCHESTER COUNTY...WESTERN CHARLESTON AND WESTERN BERKELEY
COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED SOME IMPROVEMENT
TO THE FLOOD SITUATION OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT THE SITUATION
REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS NOT ENCOURAGED.

ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINS WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH MID-MORNING. THIS MAY ALLOW SOME FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDED.
HOWEVER...HEAVIER RAINS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

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LAT...LON 3266 7993 3261 8001 3260 8011 3255 8018
      3256 8019 3248 8033 3251 8036 3247 8041
      3253 8047 3317 8081 3333 8051 3327 8047
      3326 8036 3328 8035 3327 8030 3328 8028
      3333 8025

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