Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

Aug 24, 1995, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC

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TTAA00 KCHS 241513
FFWCHS
SCC013-015-019-029-035-053-242100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1111 AM EDT THU AUG 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY...BERKELEY COUNTY...CHARLESTON COUNTY
   ...COLLETON COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED AFTER 500 PM.
 
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTH COASTAL REGION SINCE
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH 8 AM THIS
MORNING. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANY AREAS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT,
RESULTING IN MORE SERIOUS FLOODING.
 
THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WILL BE IN COMMUNITIES NEAR THE
IMMEDIATE COAST AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...ESPECIALLY URBAN
STREETS PRONE TO FLOODING.
 
IN ADDITION, SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH HIGH TIDE THIS
EVENING. THE TIDE LEVELS MAY CREATE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF CAUSEWAYS AND
ACCESS ROADS TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS...AND OTHER COASTAL ROADWAYS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  TO ESCAPE FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
xML

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.