FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... NORTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING NEAR WESTOE...OR ABOUT OVER SLANDS BRIDGE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES SINCE MID AFTERNOON AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN STILL OCCUR. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... CLUBHOUSE CROSSROADS...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...CANAAN...GIVHANS... WESTOE...SLANDS BRIDGE...SLANDSVILLE... 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.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:16:45 +0000
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