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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
953 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
SCZ049-050-262200-
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COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-
953 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2025
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...UP TO ONE HALF FOOT OF INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL
EXPECTED ALONG SHORELINES AND TIDAL WATERWAYS (7.3 TO 7.5 FEET
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT CHARLESTON).
* WHERE...COASTAL COLLETON AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 8:16 PM TODAY
AT CHARLESTON. SALTWATER INUNDATION WILL BE POSSIBLE 1 TO 2
HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER HIGH TIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF TRAVEL IS REQUIRED, ALLOW EXTRA TIME AS SOME ROADS MAY BE
CLOSED. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT FLOOD-PRONE
PROPERTY.
VISIT WATER.WEATHER.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL WATER LEVEL AND FLOOD
IMPACT INFORMATION.
TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.
CHARLESTON HARBOR SC
MLLW CATEGORIES - MINOR 7.0 FT, MODERATE 7.5 FT, MAJOR 8.0 FT
MHHW CATEGORIES - MINOR 1.2 FT, MODERATE 1.7 FT, MAJOR 2.2 FT
TOTAL TOTAL DEPARTURE
DAY/TIME TIDE TIDE FROM NORM WAVES FLOOD
FT MLLW FT MHHW FT FT IMPACT
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------- --------
26/08 PM 7.4 1.6 0.6 N/A MINOR
27/09 AM 5.8 0.0 0.7 N/A NONE
27/09 PM 7.4 1.6 0.7 N/A MINOR
28/09 AM 5.5 -0.3 0.6 N/A NONE
28/10 PM 7.1 1.3 0.6 N/A MINOR
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