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WGUS72 KCHS 040338
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1138 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

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CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
1138 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR
CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES...

AT 1130 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO
WORSEN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
HANAHAN...MONCKS CORNER...MCCLELLANVILLE AND I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST
2 TO 3 HOURS. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO TAKE
PLACE...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND AWENDAW NORTH TO THE MONCKS CORNER
AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2-4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS BERKELEY AND
CHARLESTON COUNTIES...AND TRAVEL REMAINS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. THE ONGOING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL ONLY
WORSEN WITH THE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

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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