PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
456 AM EDT WED APR 8 2009

...RIVER FLOODING REPORTS REQUESTED...

IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE RIVER FORECAST SERVICES...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON SC IS REQUESTING INFORMATION
FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF ONGOING OR PAST FLOODING
ALONG AREA RIVERS. PLEASE E-MAIL ANY REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV
AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IF POSSIBLE:

-WHICH RIVER CAUSED THE FLOODING?

-WHAT FLOODED? FOR EXAMPLE YARDS...HOMES...ROADS...PICNIC AREAS...
BOAT RAMPS...CAMPSITES...ETC. PLEASE BE SPECIFIC WITH ROAD NAMES
AND THE NEAREST TOWN OR CITY.

-WHAT DATE/TIME WAS THE FLOODING OBSERVED?

-WERE EVACUATIONS REQUIRED? WERE HOMES INACCESSIBLE?

-WHAT WAS THE NEAREST RIVER GAGE READING AROUND THE TIME OF THE
FLOODING OBSERVATION?

-CAN YOU SEND ANY PHOTOS? PLEASE REDUCE EACH IMAGE TO 1 MB OR LESS.

FEEL FREE TO SEND ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RIVER
FORECAST SERVICES.

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JRL