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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

1240 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR

BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...



AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED  

TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM GASTON ACROSS MOST OF  

BERKELEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY. ONE HOUR RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 1240 PM WERE IN EXCESS OF TWO 

INCHES FROM JUST NORTH OF MONKS CORNERS NORTH TO SAINT STEPHEN AND 

THEN EAST TO ALVIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1240 PM AND 

200 PM IN BERKELEY COUNTY SHOULD BE MAINLY BE FROM HALF AN INCH TO 

AND INCH AND A HALF. HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 

SAINT STEPHEN TO BONNEAU TO MONKS CORNERS TO NEAR CAINHOY COULD 

EXCEED 3 INCHES. IN CHARLESTON COUNTY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL MAINLY BE A HALF AN INCH OR LESS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION 

WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

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



LAT...LON 3318 7949 3350 8004 3315 8014 3299 8004

      3269 7995 3288 7968 3310 7977



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