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WGUS72 KCHS 032111

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SCZ043-032300-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

511 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



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

COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT...



AT 508 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN COTTAGEVILLE AND ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF 

WALTERBORO. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE PAST TWO TO THREE HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE 

HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY 

SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL COLLETON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF 

WALTERBORO...FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM.



THE RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES 

...DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ANY FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE SOON 

AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE ROAD.

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