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WGUS72 KCHS 041021
FFSCHS

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

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

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT SUNDAY
FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 619 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS
FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND
BERKELEY COUNTIES. MAJOR TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS
CLOSED THROUGH BOTH COUNTIES WITH SOME HIGH WATER AND SWIFT WATER
RESCUES STILL ONGOING. MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED AND
NUMEROUS VEHICLES ARE SUBMERGED. IN SOME CASES CARS ARE BEING
PUSHED OFF ROADWAYS DUE TO FAST FLOWING WATER. MANY SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND ARE FLOODING NEARBY
AREAS. AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
AREA SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TODAY AS HEAVY RAINS MOVE INLAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC.

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.

&&

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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