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WGUS72 KCHS 031836

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SCZ044-045-050-032130-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

229 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL OCCUR IN

DORCHESTER COUNTY...BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 530

PM EDT...



AT 229 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED OVER CHARLESTON AIRPORT 

IN A LINE THAT EXTENDS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THROUGH DORCHESTER 

...NORTHERN CHARLESTON AND EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN ARE IN AN AREA THAT RECEIVED 

PLENTY OF RAIN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. DRAINAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE 

SLOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CHARLESTON METRO 

AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.



THE RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...DITCHES AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA COMMUTE TIMES THIS 

AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS. DO NOT 

DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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MJR

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