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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
THREE LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC AL032025
457 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025
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CHARLESTON-
457 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025
..TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CHARLESTON
- MCCLELLANVILLE
- EDISTO ISLAND
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES
ARE SHALLOW ROOTED.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS,
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH THIS EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION OF SALTWATER MAINLY ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME
OVERSPREAD WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS
IN PLACES WHERE SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF POSSIBLY
BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY IN NORMALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS.
STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
- MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS,
BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL AROUND 1 INCH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTPS://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTPS://WWW.CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG
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