STORM2K

in Charleston, SC -- West of the Ashley (Wesy Ashley) ... up to 4" of rain fell in just 2 hours, and damn, wouldn't you know it? I FORGOT to pack the digital camera!!!

Turky's Towing Company were in the process of pulling out two vehicles, one was submerged 2-3' of water (water up and over the hood of the vehicle) ....

This was MY report filed at 11:15 am with the NWS ...

NWUS52 KCHS 151519
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1118 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1115 AM FLASH FLOOD WEST ASHLEY 32.80N 80.01W
06/15/2004 CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER

INTERSECTION OF SAM RITTENBERG BLVD AND ORANGE GROVE RD.
2 TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER...UP TO HOODS OF CARS. TOW
TRUCKS PULLING CARS OUT OF AREA.

More spotters and another trained spotter crossed the area 11 minutes later ... absolutely amazing day ... just 3 miles away north ... almost bone dry ... and here in Ladson, NO RAIN ...

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/sc/public.html

Correction: IT just STARTED raining here ...

Anyways, rainfall rates in that area were still 2" per HOUR...

SF

Notice just how narrow the band is from the Charleston area on down ... there were also many, many reports of funnel clouds, tornadoes, and waterspouts earlier today in Beaufort, SC ... (Parris Island) ... more on a new thread ...

Today it was downtown Charleston itself and FINALLY, my location's turn ...

2 to 3 inches of rain fell in just a little over an hour and has caused some flooding problems ... today, however, the storms that affected my area were actually accompanied by some close lightning strikes (unlike yesterday's and this morning event in their respective locations).

SF