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WGUS72 KCHS 291422

FFSCHS

SCC015-019-291515-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-040829T1515Z/

/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1020 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR

BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...



AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BERKELEY AND NORTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTIES

ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

BETWEEN 920 AM AND 1020 AM GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES. GASTON IS MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTH AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS LIKELY. AS A 

RESULT...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH 1115 AM.



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 3313 7936 3336 7985 3308 8008 3285 8006

      3268 7994



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