
056
WGUS72 KCHS 182143
FFSCHS

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

SCC015-019-182315-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PUSHED OFFSHORE AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE
CHARLESTON METRO AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR FLOOD WATERS TO SLOWLY
SUBSIDE.

NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA
AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MANY CARS ARE FLOODED AND ARE
BLOCKING SOME ROADS. FLOOD WATERS ALSO REMAIN AROUND HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. ALTHOUGH THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
ENDING...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. A RAIN
GAGE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON RECENTLY REPORTED 3.70 INCHES OF RAIN.
SOME AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

&&

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

$$
