Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
154 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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CHARLESTON SC-
154 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLANDS BRIDGE
  TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDISTO BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN
  CHARLESTON AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM. A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
  RAIN COULD FALL AND WITH HIGH TIDE APPROACHING...THE RISK FOR
  URBAN FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WILL BE
  ELEVATED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAIN IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WILL RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE THE MARKET...
CROSSTOWN...EAST BAY STREET...AND MORRISON DRIVE. SLOW DOWN WHEN
TRAVELING...ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD...
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

&&

LAT...LON 3277 7992 3277 7995 3279 7997 3282 7997
      3283 7993 3281 7993 3282 7992 3280 7992
      3278 7992 3278 7991 3277 7991

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