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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
417 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...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...

THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA 
IS ABNORMALLY DRY...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEAUFORT TO GRAYS TO 
ESTILL AND MILBURY. MEANWHILE...ONLY THE EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS 
OF JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE ABNORMALLY 
DRY. 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN NEAR OR ABOVE 
NORMAL...WITH AROUND 1/2 INCH COMMON ON THE MARCH 19 AND 20...WITH 
AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OR MORE IN SOME AREAS ON MARCH 15 AND 16. HOWEVER...
RIVER LEVELS WERE LOW TO BEGIN WITH...THUS ALL RIVERS IN SOUTHERN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL
LEVELS.

THE NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER EXPECTS NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL FOR 
THE PERIOD APRIL...MAY AND JUNE. AS A RESULT...THE CHANCE FOR RIVER 
FLOODING WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

THE NEXT SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ON APRIL 4.

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