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WGUS82 KCHS 211859
FLSCHS
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
259 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2025
SCC019-212200-
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CHARLESTON SC-
259 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, CHARLESTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 258 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH CHARLESTON, MOUNT PLEASANT, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, JAMES
ISLAND, DANIEL ISLAND, WEST ASHLEY, CHARLES TOWNE LANDING,
CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND MARION SQUARE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
HEAVY RAIN IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WILL RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE THE MARKET,
CROSSTOWN, EAST BAY STREET AND MORRISON DRIVE. SLOW DOWN WHEN
TRAVELING AND ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE
AHEAD. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
LAT...LON 3282 8000 3285 7994 3285 7993 3282 7993
3282 7991 3283 7990 3282 7988 3278 7988
3274 7995 3278 8000 3281 8001
CPM
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