Flood Advisory until 04:00PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREEN POND TO DEERFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE TO 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND WILL CREATE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH 4 PM EDT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... GARDENS CORNER...RIDGELAND...GREEN POND...TILLMAN...BASHAN... COOSAWHATCHIE...POCOTALIGO...GILMANIA...
* AFFECTED AREAS: BEAUFORT ... COLLETON ... JASPER
Instructions:
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.
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:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Advisory