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WGUS72 KCHS 052142
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
542 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
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BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
542 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR BRYAN, CHATHAM AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 542 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM BLOOMINGDALE AND THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA. AS MUCH AS 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS SINCE 415 PM. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE BEGINNING REPORT ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLASH
FLOODING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED. AT 540 PM, CHATHAM COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED CARS WERE BEING FLOODED IN
A NUMBER OF AREAS ACROSS THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA.
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...
POOLER, RICHMOND HILL, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, I-16/I-95
INTERCHANGE, WINDSOR FOREST, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, COFFEE BLUFF,
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH AND HUTCHINSON
ISLAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-16 NEAR MILE MARKER 148...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 168.
I-95 IN GEORGIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 112.
I-516 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3214 8141 3214 8140 3210 8139 3224 8120
3223 8114 3222 8115 3221 8113 3220 8112
3220 8111 3219 8112 3218 8112 3217 8113
3215 8111 3214 8112 3212 8112 3209 8106
3209 8103 3202 8101 3179 8116 3197 8135
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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