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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
630 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 630 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
TORRENTIAL RAIN BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON AND PORTIONS OF MOUNT PLEASANT. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. A QUICK 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
COULD FALL THROUGH 930 PM, RESULTING IN URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING.
SOME ROAD CLOSURES COULD OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
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, MOUNT PLEASANT, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, WEST ASHLEY,
DANIEL ISLAND, JAMES ISLAND, JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLES TOWNE LANDING,
CHARLESTON NAVAL COMPLEX AND MAYBANK BRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 221. I-526 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11
AND 17...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 28.
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 3276 7995 3273 8007 3285 8013 3288 8000
3291 7990 3279 7985
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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