...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LOW-LYING AREAS OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. * TIDE LEVELS...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK 7.2 TO 7.4 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 9.1 TO 9.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. * TIMING...THE RISK FOR SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 857 PM...AND 900 PM AT FORT PULASKI. * IMPACTS...MINOR INUNDATION OF SALTWATER IN AND NEAR LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS COULD LEAD TO SOME ROAD CLOSURES AND FLOODING OF PROPERTIES. THIS INCLUDES DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN MINOR INUNDATION OF SALTWATER IS EXPECTED IN AND NEAR LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING TONIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO [email protected] OR SEND A TWEET TO @NWSCHARLESTONSC. && MC
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:37:03 +0000