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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Oct 6, 2016, 5:09 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 7, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2016, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 12:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458 WGUS62 KCHS 060909 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 509 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ044-045-048>052-061700- /O.NEW.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... DARIEN...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK... MONCKS CORNER...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 509 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY AND COASTAL MCINTOSH. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER... DORCHESTER...INLAND BERKELEY AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
14 follow-up statements
200 WGUS62 KCHS 061448 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1048 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ101-116-118-137-138-140-SCZ042-043-047-062300- /O.EXA.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE... WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND 1048 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...EFFINGHAM...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH AND LONG. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...HAMPTON...INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND JASPER. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WOULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ044-045-048>052-062300- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... DARIEN...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK... MONCKS CORNER...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1048 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY AND COASTAL MCINTOSH. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...BEAUFORT... CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER... INLAND BERKELEY AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
486 WGUS62 KCHS 061450 CCA FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1050 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ101-116-118-137-138-140-SCZ042-043-047-070300- /O.EXA.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE... WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND 1050 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...EFFINGHAM...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH AND LONG. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...HAMPTON...INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND JASPER. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WOULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ044-045-048>052-070300- /O.COR.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... DARIEN...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK... MONCKS CORNER...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1050 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY AND COASTAL MCINTOSH. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...BEAUFORT... CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER... INLAND BERKELEY AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WOULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
251 WGUS62 KCHS 061514 CCA FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1114 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ101-116-118-137-138-140-SCZ042-043-047-070315- /O.COR.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE... WALTERBORO...RIDGELAND 1114 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...EFFINGHAM...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH AND LONG. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...HAMPTON...INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND JASPER. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE COULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ044-045-048>052-070315- /O.COR.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... DARIEN...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK... MONCKS CORNER...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1114 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY AND COASTAL MCINTOSH. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...BEAUFORT... CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER... INLAND BERKELEY AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE COULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
230 WGUS62 KCHS 062010 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 410 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-070415- /O.EXA.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...ALLENDALE 410 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...BULLOCH...CANDLER...EVANS...JENKINS... SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE COULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$ GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>052-070415- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE... WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK... MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT... DANIEL ISLAND 410 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH AND LONG. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE COULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
419 WGUS62 KCHS 062027 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-070430- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 427 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE COULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
951 WGUS62 KCHS 070402 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1202 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-071215- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1202 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO...OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
427 WGUS62 KCHS 070809 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 409 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-071615- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.161007T1000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 409 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO...OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
874 WGUS62 KCHS 071137 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 737 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-071945- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 737 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO...OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA...AND TYBEE ISLAND WILL BECOME CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
716 WGUS62 KCHS 071623 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1223 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-080030- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1223 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH NEAR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO...OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA...AND TYBEE ISLAND WILL BECOME CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
932 WGUS62 KCHS 072106 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 506 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-080515- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 506 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW WILL MOVE VERY NEAR THE COAST OF GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO...OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA...AND TYBEE ISLAND WILL BECOME CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
129 WGUS62 KCHS 080123 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 923 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-080930- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY...POOLER...SAVANNAH... WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE... FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON... YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 923 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HURRICANE MATTHEW WILL MOVE VERY NEAR THE COAST OF GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE WILL BE SIMILAR TO... OR EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AN ENHANCED FLOOD RISK WILL ALSO OCCUR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AREA...AND TYBEE ISLAND WILL BECOME CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
632 WGUS62 KCHS 080801 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW... GAZ099-114-115-137>141-080915- /O.CAN.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CANDLER-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON... LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...TOWNSEND...DARIEN 401 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN, BUT NOW THAT HURRICANE MATTHEW IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA THE RISK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ GAZ087-088-100-101-116>119-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-081615- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...STATESBORO... RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY... POOLER...SAVANNAH...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE... SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 401 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM... INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...JENKINS AND SCREVEN. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT... CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER... HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * HURRICANE MATTHEW WILL MOVE VERY NEAR THE COAST SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND INTO CHATHAM AND EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN GEORGIA. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES MOST ELSEWHERE. AT THE COAST...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HIGH STORM SURGE WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE APPROACHING LOW TIDE...WATER LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN VERY LITTLE AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO PILE INTO THE COAST. THE RISK WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AREA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SURGE HAS ALREADY BEEN WORSE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED DURING THE OCTOBER FLOOD EVENT OF LAST YEAR. AND IN THE TYBEE ISLAND AND SAVANNAH AREAS...WHERE TIDE LEVELS AT FORT PULASKI CONTINUE ABOVE THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1979 FROM HURRICANE DAVID. SOME ACCESS ROADS HAVE BECOME CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND ONTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BARRIER ISLANDS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND FLOODED PROPERTIES... ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
643 WGUS62 KCHS 081458 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1058 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 GAZ087-088-100-101-116>119-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-082300- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...STATESBORO... RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY... POOLER...SAVANNAH...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE... SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1058 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM... INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...JENKINS AND SCREVEN. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT... CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER... HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AS HURRICANE MATTHEW EXITS THE AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING IN MANY AREAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
687 WGUS62 KCHS 081605 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1205 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 GAZ087-088-100-101-116>119-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-081715- /O.CAN.KCHS.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-161009T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...STATESBORO... RINCON...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY... POOLER...SAVANNAH...WILMINGTON ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND... ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...YEMASSEE...WALTERBORO...SAINT GEORGE... SUMMERVILLE...GOOSE CREEK...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DANIEL ISLAND 1205 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RISK FOR FLOODING FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS ENDED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 6, 1:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 1:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Charleston SC
128 AM EDT Thu Oct 6 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
The area will remain situated between an inland wedge of high
pressure and a stationary front off the southeast coast through
tonight. Hurricane Matthew is expected to move north from the
Bahamas later this week, possibly bringing significant impacts to
southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
Strong wedge conditions will remain anchored across the area
tonight upper ridging builds across the Mid- Atlantic states. This
will keep skies cloudy through the night with overnight lows
ranging from the mid 60s well inland to the mid 70s at the
beaches. The low- level flow has backed a bit through the day
which has kept any isolated shower activity confined the offshore
waters. North/northeast trajectories should limit any nocturnal
shower activity moving onshore to portions of McIntosh County, GA.
20% pops will be held there with pops 0-10% elsewhere. Beach
communities will see breezy conditions through the night with
winds 15-25 mph with gusts near 30 mph at times.
IMPORTANT: When a hurricane is forecast to take a track roughly
parallel to a coastline, as Matthew is forecast to do from Florida
through South Carolina, it becomes very difficult to estimate
impacts this far in advance. For example, only a small deviation
of the track to the left of the NHC forecast could bring the core
of a major hurricane onshore, while a small deviation to the right
could keep all of the hurricane-force winds offshore. It will
likely take another day or so for the potential impacts of Matthew
in the United States to clarify.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Significant impacts from Hurricane Matthew are likely Friday and
Saturday across southeast SC and GA.
The latest NHC forecast for Matthew indicates a Category 2 or
possibly a Category 3 hurricane impacting the area Friday and
Saturday. The official track remains near our coastline and there
remains uncertainty in the exact track of Matthew, so pinpointing
the exact impacts remains very difficult at this time. However,
confidence is increasing that southeast SC/GA, especially along the
immediate coastline, could experience hurricane-force winds (74+
mph), coastal flooding due to storm surge, and heavy rainfall. The
risk for isolated tornadoes remains low. If the center of Matthew
tracks further west and crosses the coast, this would significantly
increase the wind and coastal flooding threat due to a potentially
significant storm surge, mainly to the north and east of the
landfall location. See the sections below for more details.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
The latest NHC forecast has Matthew moving away from the area
Saturday night into Sunday with improving conditions. There
remains some uncertainty regarding where the storm will track
early next week with some computer models circling Matthew back to
FL and into the Gulf. We must note the high uncertainty with the
track this far out and the importance to focus on the imminent
impacts. High pressure should then prevail into the middle of next
week, but breezy conditions and some coastal showers will be
possible given the possible continuation of a tight pressure
gradient. Below normal temperatures are likely to start the period
before possibly reaching closer to normal toward the middle of
next week.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
The terminals will remain wedged between high pressure inland and
Hurricane Matthew heading from the Bahamas toward the Florida
peninsula. This will produce primarily MVFR ceilings, with the
risk of possible IFR ceilings through 06z Friday. Winds will
remain N-NE and occasionally gusty, which will inhibit surface
vsby reductions. Most shower activity will remain over the
Atlantic and away from the terminals today, but the potential for
showers could begin to approach both KCHS and KSAV by late in the
TAF cycle.
Extended Aviation Outlook: Flight restrictions are possible due to
low clouds Thursday Night, then likely Friday into Saturday as
Hurricane Matthew passes over or near the area. Sustained tropical
storm force (34+ kt) winds are likely Friday night into Saturday
with hurricane force wind gusts (65+ kt) not out of the question,
especially closer to the coast.
&&
.MARINE...
Tonight: North to northeast winds 20-30 kt have held steady within
a pinched gradient regime. Conditions will change little overnight.
Seas will average 5 to 9 ft, highest on the offshore waters.
A hurricane watch is in effect for the all of the coastal waters,
except Charleston Harbor.
Thursday through Monday: Conditions will deteriorate the rest of
this week as strong northeast winds prevail ahead of Hurricane
Matthew, which is moving northward from the Bahamas. There remains
some uncertainty regarding the exact track and strength of Matthew,
but hurricane conditions are becoming increasingly likely across
most, if not all of our waters. The latest NHC track has Matthew
over or near our offshore GA waters Saturday morning, moving
northeast Saturday afternoon and night. Sustained tropical storms
force winds should start Friday morning across our GA waters and
then spread northward into the SC waters by Friday night. Hurricane
force winds should start Friday night or Saturday morning across our
GA waters and then spread northward into the SC waters by later
Saturday. Seas could reach near 20 feet in the eastern portions of
the nearshore waters and near 30 feet in the offshore GA waters.
Conditions will improve early next week as Matthew moves further
away and winds turn offshore. However, treacherous conditions could
linger due to elevated winds and slowly subsiding seas.
Rip Currents: We maintained a moderate risk of rip currents for all
the beaches through Thursday due to moderate to strong north to
northeast winds and an increasing swell associated with Hurricane
Matthew. Life threatening rip currents are expected through early
next week.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
The risk for flash flooding will increase Friday into Saturday as
Matthew makes its closest approach to the area. We could see upwards
of 6-10 inches across locations east of I-95, with isolated amounts
near 12 inches or more across southeast South Carolina. The
combination of heavy rainfall and very high tide levels due to storm
surge could produce a potentially widespread fresh water flooding
event for some areas, including Downtown Charleston. This will be
highly dependent on the exact track Matthew takes. A flash flood
watch may be needed for parts of the area in the upcoming day.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
Persistent, strong northeast winds will allow tide levels to
increase until Hurricane Matthew passes the area. As Matthew
approaches late this week tide levels could be high enough to
produce significant coastal flooding. This will encompass several
high tide cycles. The extent of the flooding will be highly
dependent on the exact track, especially with the largest storm
surge to the east of the center.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...Hurricane Watch for GAZ116>119-138>141.
Tropical Storm Watch for GAZ101-137.
SC...Hurricane Watch for SCZ047>049-051.
MARINE...Hurricane Watch for AMZ350-352-354-374.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Monday for AMZ330.
&&
NEAR TERM...
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...
MARINE...
HYDROLOGY...
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 5:45 PM EDT, 11 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-042>045-047-052-062145- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TROPICAL WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS HURRICANE MATTHEW AFFECTS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THE WORST CONDITIONS SHOULD MAINLY BE NEAR AND EAST OF I-95. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ116-118-138-140-062145- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ101-137-062145- EFFINGHAM-LONG- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCZ048>051-062145- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. TROPICAL WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY DUE TO HURRICANE MATTHEW. FLASH FLOODING...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...STORM SURGE AND HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW COULD PRODUCE FLOODING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE AT THE COAST THIS WEEKEND DUE TO SWELLS FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW. THIS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME BEACH EROSION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-062145- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. HURRICANE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. HURRICANE WATCH. FLASH FLOODING...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...STORM SURGE AND HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW COULD PRODUCE FLOODING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE AT THE COAST THIS WEEKEND DUE TO SWELLS FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW. THIS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME BEACH EROSION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ350-352-354-374-062145- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-062145- CHARLESTON HARBOR- 545 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TROPICAL WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:48 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:27 AM EDT | Hurricane Warning | CHS | 55 hr | |
| Oct 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 50 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.