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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

745 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM GASTON ACROSS MUCH OF 

CHARLESTON COUNTY. ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHERN 

CHARLESTON COUNTY BETWEEN 645 AM AND 745 AM RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO 

INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES NEAR THE 

ISLE OF PALMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO THROUGH 

830 AM WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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

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



LAT...LON 3287 8004 3260 8003 3289 7947 3306 7936

      3311 7963 3287 7985



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