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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
732 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2007

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732 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2007

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 900 AM EDT

* AT 726 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR HUSKUM CORNER CROSS ROADS...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...  
  JOHNS ISLAND...
  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...
  WEST ASHLEY...
  NORTH CHARLESTON...
  CHARLESTON AIRPORT...

HIGHWAYS INCLUDED IN THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE INTERSTATE 26 BETWEEN 
HIGHWAY 78 AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...HIGHWAY 78 BETWEEN LADSON ROAD 
AND HIGHWAY 52...HIGHWAY 52 BETWEEN GOOSE CREEK AND DOWNTOWN 
CHARLESTON...AND HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND RAVENEL.

RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN DETECTED ON 
DOPPLER RADAR. 

MINOR FLOODING MEANS THAT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. INCONVENIENCES ARE LIKELY BUT THE FLOODING
WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3257 8017 3290 8013 3289 8009 3292 8008
      3295 8012 3299 8011 3300 8008 3297 8003
      3290 8000 3290 7995 3287 7996 3282 7992
      3286 7987 3263 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 190DEG 30KT 3274 8005

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