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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

255 PM EDT THU AUG 29 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH COLLETON AND 

DORCHESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM...



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY AND STEADY RAINS ARE BEGINNING TO SLACKEN THIS 

AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL MAKE 

FOR A TREACHEROUS SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON.



MANY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS FROM RIDGELAND AND SAINT GEORGE TO 

COTTAGEVILLE...WALTERBORO AND ISLANDTON HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE 

WORST FLOODING. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR HERE AT THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...INDICATE THAT UP TO 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...LAST NIGHT.



ADDITIONAL RAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LESS THAN AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH...BUT THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A FLOODING SITUATION 

ACROSS PARTS OF YOUR COUNTY. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR DIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES. 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. IF YOUR 

VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST 

WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL 

INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WCHS.CSC.NOAA.GOV.



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