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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
443 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 443 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WINDSOR FOREST AND HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD. AS
MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR AND
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH 645 PM, RESULTING IN
CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING. PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE CLOSED ROADS
DUE TO FLOODING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINDSOR FOREST, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, COFFEE BLUFF, MIDTOWN
SAVANNAH, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, MONTGOMERY, GARDEN CITY, THUNDERBOLT
AND VERNONBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-16 NEAR MILE MARKER 162.
I-95 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 97.
I-516 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3207 8118 3204 8107 3200 8102 3194 8105
3187 8109 3192 8121 3203 8129
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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