Flood Potential Outlook
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WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1242 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...COLLETON...
DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...JASPER...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRYAN...BULLOCH...CANDLER...CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...
JENKINS...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...SCREVEN...TATTNALL...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
EDISTO...LOWER SANTEE...OGEECHEE...OHOOPEE...SAVANNAH...
CANOOCHEE...

SOIL MOISTURE AND STREAM FLOW CONTINUES WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH
MOST AREA RIVERS IN FLOOD. MOST RIVER POINTS WILL REMAIN ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO THE ONGOING RAINS. THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

IN THE LONGER-TERM...THE ONGOING EL NINO PATTERN INDICATES THAT
ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY KEEP RIVERS RUNNING WELL ABOVE
NORMAL DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

THE NEXT WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ON
FEBRUARY 19 2010.

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