747
WGUS72 KCHS 101123
FFSCHS
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
723 AM EDT SAT OCT 10 2026
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CHARLESTON SC-
723 AM EDT SAT OCT 10 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY...
AT 723 AM EDT, CITY OF CHARLESTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH
SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE CITY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...CITY OF CHARLESTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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, JAMES ISLAND, JOHNS ISLAND, WEST
ASHLEY, DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, FORT SUMTER, DANIEL ISLAND, FOLLY
BEACH AND KIAWAH ISLAND.
AN AREA OF INTENSE RAINFALL MOVED THROUGH THE FOLLY BEACH, JAMES
ISLAND, JOHNS ISLAND, WEST ASHLEY, AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREAS AND
PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW LIFTED
NORTHWARD BUT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD DEVELOP THROUGH MID MORNING.
CITY OF CHARLESTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
ADDITIONALLY, A INUNDATION DEPTH SENSOR ON OGIER STREET NEAR CALHOUN
STREET REPORTED AN INUNDATION DEPTH OF OVER HALF OF A FOOT.
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 3265 8012 3275 8012 3282 8011 3287 8007
3288 8004 3288 7996 3286 7996 3285 7993
3283 7993 3282 7992 3280 7992 3278 7991
3276 7987 3272 7984 3273 7986 3268 7986
3267 7987 3262 7997 3258 7999 3257 8009
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
BSH
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