...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... 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...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 NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD OVER THE LOWER GULF COAST REGION THROUGH SATURDAY WHILE A WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS SETUP FAVORS MOISTURE INCREASING FROM BOTH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC OCEAN. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RECENT RAINS THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL BE SLOWER TO RUNOFF RESULTING IN STANDING WATER. THROUGH SATURDAY...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 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. && MC
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