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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1048 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY UNTIL 

100 PM EDT...

...DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON...



AT 1048 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE PUSHED OUT 

OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...HOWEVER LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE 

RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS 

ONGOING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DOWNTOWN WITH MANY STREETS IMPASSABLE OR 

CLOSED. FLOOD WATERS ARE ALSO LIKELY THREATENING HOMES. WITH HIGH 

TIDE QUICKLY APPROACHING...LONG TERM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE EVEN 

WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN ARE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTS. THESE 

STORMS MAY AFFECT CHARLESTON COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 

RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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