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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
158 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 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...
DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 158 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM LADSON THROUGH NORTH CHARLESTON
TO DANIEL ISLAND. AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH
5 PM. URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY WHICH COULD RESULT IN ROAD CLOSURES.
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, SUMMERVILLE, GOOSE CREEK,
HANAHAN, NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON, I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE,
LADSON, DANIEL ISLAND AND WEST ASHLEY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
I-26 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 221. I-526 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16
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 3305 8019 3311 8011 3290 7982 3287 7985
3282 7991 3278 7992 3301 8024
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ST
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