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WGUS72 KCHS 040658
FFSCHS

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

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

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

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

AT 248 AM EDT...DORCHESTER AND CHARLESTON COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SWIFT WATER RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY
IN THE LADSON AREA AND SHADOWMOSS IN WEST ASHLEY. ONGOING RAINFALL
HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE AFFECTED
AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE HAVE FALLEN
ACROSS THE AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO
WORSEN ANY ONGOING FLOODING.

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

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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.

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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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