Flash Flood Watch in effect through late tonight
...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AREAS.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AS A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION...WHEN COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS.
* FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLENDALE ... BEAUFORT ... CHARLESTON ... COASTAL COLLETON ... COASTAL JASPER ... DORCHESTER ... HAMPTON ... INLAND BERKELEY ... INLAND COLLETON ... INLAND JASPER ... TIDAL BERKELEY
Instructions:
BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES.
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:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch