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FLSCHS
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2020
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BERKELEY SC-DORCHESTER SC-
600 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING IN...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 559 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN ALONG
INTERSTATE 26. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIDGEVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
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, DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3323 8023 3310 8015 3306 8032 3319 8041
SPR
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