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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
512 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 512 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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...
POOLER, SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GODLEY STATION, I-16/I-95
INTERCHANGE, GARDEN CITY, PORT WENTWORTH, HARDEEVILLE,
BLOOMINGDALE, MEINHARD AND MONTEITH.
AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FLASH
FLOODING IMPACTS THAT COULD CLOSE ROADS WILL BE FROM AROUND
BLOOMINGDALE TO PORT WENTWORTH AND LIMEHOUSE.
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 3210 8139 3211 8140 3212 8139 3214 8135
3227 8120 3228 8116 3228 8110 3226 8105
3223 8103 3219 8105 3216 8109 3214 8115
3210 8118 3207 8122 3204 8129 3202 8132
3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BSH
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