Flash Flood Warning until 05:30AM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT
* AT 334 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THUNDERBOLT TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSSABAW SOUND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAVANNAH TO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR COMBINED WITH LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS AND ELEVATED TIDES WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY INTO FAR EASTERN JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES SOUTH OF BLUFFTON.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND... SKIDAWAY ISLAND...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...ISLE OF HOPE...THUNDERBOLT... SANDFLY...SANDFLY...
* AFFECTED AREAS: BEAUFORT ... JASPER
Instructions:
IF YOU CAN NOT SEE THE ROAD DUE TO INTENSE NIGHT RAINFALL...YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE. HIGH TIDE WILL INHIBIT RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE THE MARKET...CROSSTOWN...EAST BAY STREET AND MORRISON DRIVE.
Address/Location
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
2001 Duke St
Beaufort, SC 29902
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 843-255-3200
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning