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GAZ119-010400-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1050 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 

IN CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...



AT 1049 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHATHAM

COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN 

CHATHAM COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 3 TO 5 INCHES HAD 

FALLEN BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND THUNDERBOLT EASTWARD TO WILMINGTON 

ISLAND. A SPOTTER IN PORT WENTWORTH REPORTED 5.1 INCHES IN THE PAST

COUPLE OF HOURS.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 

10 MPH BUT TENDING TO DEVELOP BACK TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST... 

PRODUCING A THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN CHATHAM COUNTY. 



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

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PERSONS IN CHATHAM COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE

WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING

OCCURS OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.



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