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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1219 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002



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

UNTIL 1 PM EDT...

...DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PERSISTS IN DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON...



AT 1219 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE 

RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

TO 4 INCHES FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLIER TODAY AND WITH HIGH 

TIDE APPROACHING...NO STORM DRAINAGE HAS OCCURRED. BECAUSE OF 

THIS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF DOWNTOWN 

CHARLESTON. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS CONTINUE TO EITHER BE CLOSED OR HAVE 

SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER ON THEM. HOMES ARE ALSO BEING THREATENED 

BY FLOOD WATERS.



ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OFF THE SOUTH 

CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH BETWEEN 

15 AND 20 MPH AND COULD AFFECT CHARLESTON COUNTY LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON. SHOULD ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1 PM EDT. 



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

RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND 

POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.



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