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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CHANTAL LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC AL032025
1101 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2025
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CHARLESTON-
1101 PM 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: 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 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
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS DECREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THE THREAT FROM STORM SURGE IS DIMINISHING AS FLOOD
WATERS RECEDE.
- PREPARE: HEED INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS WHEN MOVING
ABOUT. DO NOT ENTER FLOODED AREAS.
- ACT: EXERCISE SAFETY.
- REALIZED IMPACTS: BEING ASSESSED
- LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SURGE IMPACTS EXPECTED. COMMUNITY
OFFICIALS ARE NOW ASSESSING THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL SURGE
IMPACTS ACCORDINGLY.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
FORECAST
- 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 SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY
PLANS.
- ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG
WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS, TORNADOES COULD DAMAGE TREES,
VEHICLES, BOATS AND BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY MOBILE HOMES AND
OTHER POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTPS://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTPS://WWW.CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG
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