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WGUS72 KCHS 111622

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SCC015-019-111700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1204 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM FOR NORTHERN 

BERKELEY COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR SOUTHERN 

BERKELEY AND CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTIES...



AT 1205 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A 

LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHARLESTON...UP TO LAKE 

MOULTRIE...EXTENDING EAST TO AWENDAW.  



RAINFALL HAS STOPPED OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY WHERE 

AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM SAINT STEPHEN TO 

PINEVILLE.  EMERGENCY OFFICIALS INDICATE A FOOT OF WATER IN THE 

STREETS OF SAINT STEPHEN.  ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS AS WATERS BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE.  



RAINFALL IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON CONTINUES WITH RAINFALL TOTALS 

NEAR 3 INCHES AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT.  RADAR ESTIMATES A 

WIDESPREAD AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCH RAINS FROM SHADOWMOSS TO NORTH 

CHARLESTON...EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY.  

RAINFALL WILL SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND EXIT THE AREA AS THE 

CIRCULATION OF KYLE MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE CHARLESTON COUNTY 

COAST.  STANDING WATER IS OCCURRING OVER MANY ROADS IN CHARLESTON 

AND BERKELEY COUNTIES.  DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE 

DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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