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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
853 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* AT 853 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
JOHNS ISLAND, WEST ASHLEY, JAMES ISLAND, HOLLYWOOD, FOLLY BEACH,
RAVENEL, KIAWAH ISLAND, MEGGETT, WADMALAW ISLAND AND YONGES ISLAND.
WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SO FAR TODAY AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS ARE NOW MOVING ONSHORE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR TODAY OF UP
TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS AN AREA INCLUDING FOLLY BEACH,
JOHNS ISLAND, AND WADMALAW ISLAND. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS
THE FOLLY BEACH AREA, AND ANY LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR TIDAL CREEKS
AND STREAMS, AS WE ARE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. ROADS WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA COULD BECOME FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3282 8015 3281 8011 3277 8004 3272 7997
3268 7991 3265 7988 3259 7999 3258 8005
3266 8021 3271 8029 3275 8035 3280 8034
3283 8030 3284 8027 3282 8016
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BSH
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