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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
422 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 422 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF NORTH CHARLESTON, WEST ASHLEY, JOHNS ISLAND
AND JAMES ISLAND. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
COULD FALL THROUGH 715 PM, RESULTING IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.
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...
NORTH CHARLESTON, HANAHAN, WEST ASHLEY, I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE,
JOHNS ISLAND, JAMES ISLAND, HOLLYWOOD, RAVENEL AND MEGGETT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 220.
I-526 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 22.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3276 7993 3272 8002 3273 8018 3283 8022
3282 8015 3285 8018 3287 8018 3286 8016
3288 8016 3290 8012 3288 8010 3293 8008
3293 8003 3290 8001 3291 7997 3287 7996
3286 7995 3282 7993 3281 7997 3279 7997
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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