Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC

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WGUS72 KCHS 301448
FFSCHS
SCC019-301515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1048 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY UNTIL 
100 PM EDT...
...DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN 
CHARLESTON...

AT 1048 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE PUSHED OUT 
OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...HOWEVER LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE 
RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS 
ONGOING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DOWNTOWN WITH MANY STREETS IMPASSABLE OR 
CLOSED. FLOOD WATERS ARE ALSO LIKELY THREATENING HOMES. WITH HIGH 
TIDE QUICKLY APPROACHING...LONG TERM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE EVEN 
WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAIN ARE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTS. THESE 
STORMS MAY AFFECT CHARLESTON COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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WGUS72 KCHS 301619
FFSCHS
SCC019-301715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1219 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY
UNTIL 1 PM EDT...
...DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PERSISTS IN DOWNTOWN 
CHARLESTON...

AT 1219 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE 
RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF CHARLESTON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 
TO 4 INCHES FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLIER TODAY AND WITH HIGH 
TIDE APPROACHING...NO STORM DRAINAGE HAS OCCURRED. BECAUSE OF 
THIS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF DOWNTOWN 
CHARLESTON. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS CONTINUE TO EITHER BE CLOSED OR HAVE 
SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER ON THEM. HOMES ARE ALSO BEING THREATENED 
BY FLOOD WATERS.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OFF THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH BETWEEN 
15 AND 20 MPH AND COULD AFFECT CHARLESTON COUNTY LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON. SHOULD ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1 PM EDT. 

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND 
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.

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WGUS72 KCHS 301703
FFSCHS
SCC019-301730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
103 PM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON... 
HEAVY RAIN IS NOT IMMINENT. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 140 PM AND UNTIL 
THEN...AREAS OF STANDING WATER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY... 
INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SHOULD HEAVY 
RAIN REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...ANOTHER 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA 
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT. PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION 
SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR 
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.

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