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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1002 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.
* AT 1002 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
MODERATE RAIN MOVING ACROSS WEST ASHLEY. JOHNS ISLAND AND JAMES
ISLAND. HIGH TIDE IS PEAKING NOW, BUT IT WILL TAKE AWHILE LONGER
FOR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO DRAIN ENOUGH TO ALLOW FLOOD WATERS TO
RECEDE. FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
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...
NORTH CHARLESTON, WEST ASHLEY, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, JAMES ISLAND,
JOHNS ISLAND, MAYBANK BRIDGE, CHARLES TOWNE LANDING, JAMES ISLAND
COUNTY PARK AND CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
HIGH TIDE WILL INHIBIT RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING
INCLUDE THE MARKET, CROSSTOWN, EAST BAY STREET AND MORRISON DRIVE.
LAT...LON 3286 8013 3288 8011 3288 8006 3287 8006
3287 7999 3286 7999 3285 7994 3283 7994
3282 7992 3271 7992 3271 7993 3270 7993
3270 7996 3269 7996 3269 8005 3270 8005
3271 8008 3275 8009 3276 8011 3278 8012
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
ST
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