FLSCHS

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
308 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

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DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
308 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERKELEY...
CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN FROM SCHULERVILLE TO DELMAR CROSSROADS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS
MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY
AREA...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG ASHLEY RIVER ROAD NEAR
MIDDLETON PLACE. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS BEEN DIMINISHING IN
INTENSITY...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 PM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARCHDALE...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...COLLEGE PARK...CROWFIELD
PLANTATION...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...
HUGER...I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE...LADSON...MAGNOLIA
GARDENS...MIDDLETON PLACE...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON...
RAVENEL AND SHADOWMOSS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON
AREA ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
HYDROPLANING. IF WATER COVERS THE ENTIRE ROADWAY OR IS FLOWING...FIND
ANOTHER ROUTE. THE WATER IS PROBABLY MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND
ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 3318 7945 3273 8027 3289 8033 3330 7962
      3328 7961 3328 7957 3325 7953 3325 7951
      3324 7950 3324 7948 3323 7946

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