

000 

WGUS72 KCHS 292225

FFSCHS

SCC015-292245-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-040829T2245Z/

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



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

625 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 615 PM...THE SAINT STEPHEN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOOD WATERS 

WERE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE SAINT STEPHEN AREA...HOWEVER 

MANY AREAS REMAIN FLOODED. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

THREE HOMES WERE FLOODED OUT IN SAINT STEPHEN NEAR THE INTERSECTION 

OF HIGHWAY 45 AND CAROLINA ROAD...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF 

DAMAGE WILL LIKELY BE RECEIVED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS FLOOD 

WATERS ABATE.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON HAVE MOVED 

NORTH INTO WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAINS 

ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 PM.



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 3352 7999 3352 8025 3329 8006 3320 7984

      3327 7965 3336 7970



$$



000 

WGUS72 KCHS 292225

FFSCHS

SCC015-292245-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-040829T2245Z/

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



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

625 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

BERKELEY COUNTY...



AT 615 PM...THE SAINT STEPHEN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOOD WATERS 

WERE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE SAINT STEPHEN AREA...HOWEVER 

MANY AREAS REMAIN FLOODED. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 

THREE HOMES WERE FLOODED OUT IN SAINT STEPHEN NEAR THE INTERSECTION 

OF HIGHWAY 45 AND CAROLINA ROAD...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF 

DAMAGE WILL LIKELY BE RECEIVED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS FLOOD 

WATERS ABATE.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GASTON HAVE MOVED 

NORTH INTO WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAINS 

ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 PM.



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 3352 7999 3352 8025 3329 8006 3320 7984

      3327 7965 3336 7970



$$

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