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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
723 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 723 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN WAS QUICKLY ENDING
ACROSS THE NORTH CHARLESTON AREA. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS AND LOCAL
MEDIA REPORT FLASH FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING WITH SOME ROAD
CLOSURES. WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE IN SOME HOMES. WHILE ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING IS UNLIKELY IN THE NEAR TERM, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
CONTINUE. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF
WALTERBORO COULD MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH CHARLESTON, SUMMERVILLE, GOOSE CREEK, HANAHAN, I-26/I-526
INTERCHANGE, NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON, LADSON, DANIEL
ISLAND, CHARLESTON AIRPORT AND MAGNOLIA GARDENS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 214. I-526 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18
AND 21.
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 3289 8014 3297 8016 3300 8004 3300 8003
3302 7996 3291 7990 3285 8013
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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