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WGUS72 KCHS 261311

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SCC015-019-261330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

904 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES HAS

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 904 AM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT 

BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES.  THIS IS ALLOWING FOR WATER TO 

RECEDE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES FOR THE TIME BEING.  WHILE SOME RURAL 

AND CITY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN BERKELEY AND NORTHEAST CHARLESTON 

COUNTY MAY REMAIN FLOODED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE IMMINENT 

DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING OVER CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES WAS 

DIMINISHED.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORMING OFF THE SOUTH 

CAROLINA COAST AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INLAND LATE THIS MORNING INTO 

THE AFTERNOON.  A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON...AND 

MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  



RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING.  MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR VERY 

QUICKLY AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL 

SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 



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