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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
854 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 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 854 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE NORTH CHARLESTON AREA. A QUICK
1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH THIS
ACTIVITY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLOOD CONDITIONS
HAVE IMPROVED GREATLY SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN RENEWED FLASH FLOODING.
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, 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...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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