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000 

WGUS72 KCHS 271221

FFSCHS

SCC019-271630-

/X.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-040927T1630Z/

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



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC

820 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR

CHARLESTON COUNTY...



AT 820 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN HEADED INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

REPORTS FROM MOUNT PLEASANT INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO 

OCCUR. ALSO...ISLE OF PALMS OFFICIALS INDICATED A FOOT OF WATER 

ACROSS OCEAN BOULEVARD.



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 3258 8018 3265 7994 3284 7971 3294 7974

      3284 7994 3282 8037



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