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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

145 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



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

BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES...



AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY. WITH 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN BERKELEY 

COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL SOON BE EXTENDED. THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS 

CHARLESTON COUNTY AND AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 200 PM. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE STANDING WATER ON 

THEM AND CAUTION IS URGED FOR THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH THE REMAINDER 

OF THE AFTERNOON.



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 3318 7949 3350 8004 3315 8014 3299 8004

      3269 7995 3288 7968 3310 7977



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