Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Charleston, SC

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WGUS72 KCHS 261138
FFSCHS
SCC015-019-261300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
732 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERKELEY AND
CHARLESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

AT 732 AM...CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 
OFF THE COAST OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...APPROACHING BULLS BAY.  THESE 
STORMS...WITH RAIN RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WILL MOVE ACROSS 
NORTHEAST CHARLESTON COUNTY FROM AWENDAW TO MCCLELLANVILLE.  THIS 
AREA IN PARTICULAR HAS ALREADY HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS 
MORNING.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY...AND OVER THE AREA FROM BEAUFORT TO 
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.  THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LINING 
UP OFFSHORE...MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE COAST.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY
FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO
IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. 

LAT...LON 3338 7988 3311 7933 3270 7997 3321 8025

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000 
WGUS72 KCHS 261231
FFSCHS
SCC015-019-261300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
825 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERKELEY AND
CHARLESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

AT 825 AM...CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM 
ACTIVITY FROM NEAR BEAUFORT...TO LAKE MOULTRIE...AND BACK DOWN 
TOWARD MCCLELLANVILLE.   SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVER THE NEXT 
HALF HOUR WILL OCCUR NEAR MCCLELLANVILLE...WHERE RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 
3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT.  WHILE THE THREAT OF 
IMMINENT FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR...RUNOFF 
FROM EARLIER RAINS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FLOOD AREA ROADS ACROSS MUCH 
OF BERKELEY COUNTY...AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF CHARLESTON COUNTY.  
THERE ARE REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ON CAINHOY ROAD AT CHARITY CHURCH 
ROAD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL 
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY 
FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO 
IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CHARLESTON.

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

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON.

LAT...LON 3329 7966 3314 7928 3270 7996 3318 8019

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000 
WGUS72 KCHS 261311
FFSCHS
SCC015-019-261330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
904 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 904 AM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT 
BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES.  THIS IS ALLOWING FOR WATER TO 
RECEDE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES FOR THE TIME BEING.  WHILE SOME RURAL 
AND CITY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN BERKELEY AND NORTHEAST CHARLESTON 
COUNTY MAY REMAIN FLOODED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE IMMINENT 
DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING OVER CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES WAS 
DIMINISHED.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORMING OFF THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA COAST AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INLAND LATE THIS MORNING INTO 
THE AFTERNOON.  A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON...AND 
MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING.  MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR VERY 
QUICKLY AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL 
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 

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