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WGUS72 KCHS 280434

FFSCHS

SCZ044-45-050-280630-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1223 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001



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

BERKELEY...DORCHESTER...AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 230 AM 

EDT...



AT 1223 AM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION FROM 

SUMMERVILLE TO DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE 

HEAVY RAIN ARE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT 

RECEIVED OVER 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1230 AM.  

THE CHARLESTON SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MINOR FLOODING DOWNTOWN ON 

MANY OF THE ROADS THAT COMMONLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND AVOID DRIVING IN WATER 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



ANY FLOODING PRESENTLY OCCURRING WILL SUBSIDE SOON AFTER THE RAIN 

ENDS...WHICH SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM.



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