993
WHUS42 KCHS 161553
CFWCHS
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1153 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-170000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0033.131016T2100Z-131017T0200Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
1153 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* LOCATION...LOW LYING AREAS OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND
NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
* TIDE LEVELS...PEAKING 7.2 TO 7.5 FEET MLLW IN THE CHARLESTON
HARBOR AND 9.1 TO 9.4 FEET MLLW AT FORT PULASKI.
* TIMING...THE WORST FLOODING WILL OCCUR NEAR TO ABOUT AN HOUR
AFTER THE PASSAGE OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE
CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 649 PM...AT 801 PM IN THE BEAUFORT RIVER
AT BEAUFORT AND 655 PM AT FORT PULASKI.
* IMPACTS...INUNDATION OF SALTWATER IN AND NEAR LOW-LYING COASTAL
AREAS COULD LEAD TO SOME ROAD CLOSURES AND FLOODING OF
PROPERTIES. DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO
FLOODING. WATER MAY APPROACH...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO COVER...
HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN WILMINGTON ISLAND AND TYBEE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND MINOR
FLOODING OF PROPERTIES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
IF YOU OBSERVE SALT WATER FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024. YOU CAN ALSO
EMAIL YOUR REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO
@NWSCHARLESTONSC.
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