WGUS82 KCHS 302110 FLSCHS FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 SCC013-015-019-029-035-302315- /O.NEW.KCHS.FA.Y.0059.130630T2110Z-130630T2315Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC- 510 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRAWBERRY TO BLAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GOOSE CREEK TO 6 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE...ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON ROADS. * LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... GETTYSVILLE...WHITE HALL...TARRY TOWN...BUSHY PARK...WAPPOOLA... COTE BAS LANDING...CYPRESS GARDENS...PIMLICO...WOODLAND LANDING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING. IF WATER COVERS THE ENTIRE ROADWAY OR IS FLOWING...FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. THE WATER IS PROBABLY MUCH DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND ONLY ONE FOOT OF WATER CAN STALL A VEHICLE. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3284 8031 3261 8065 3259 8058 3241 8043 3231 8044 3232 8044 3226 8065 3208 8091 3225 8102 3241 8083 3241 8085 3270 8083 3268 8078 3299 8101 3327 8045 3327 8030 3339 8021 3304 7978 $$
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:11:48 +0000