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WGUS72 KCHS 150357

FFSCHS

SCC049-053-150530-



BULLETIN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1157 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004



...SEVERE FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN HAMPTON 

AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING...



EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES CONTINUE 

TO REPORT SEVERE FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS 

EVENING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN FLOODED AND TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED FOR 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF 

EARLY BRANCH...CUMMINGS...YEMASSEE...PINELAND AND RICHLAND. RADAR 

AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE AS MUCH AS 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL ACROSS THESE COMMUNITIES TODAY.



AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE AREA 

AFTER MIDNIGHT AND RESULT IN AND ADDITIONAL 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN. 

THESE AMOUNTS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE ON GOING FLOODING 

CONDITIONS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST DEATHS 

FROM FLOODING ARE ATTRIBUTED TO MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO FLOODED 

AREAS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.



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