Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
709 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-262315-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
709 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
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.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD LEAD TO MINOR
SALTWATER INUNDATION NEAR THE COAST DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE
CYCLE THROUGH MONDAY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE
NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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Coastal Flood Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
555 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

SCZ050-260300-
/O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0010.130525T2300Z-130526T0300Z/
CHARLESTON-
555 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...LOW LYING AREAS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...INCLUDING
  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.

* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 7.1 TO 7.4
  FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND THE
  TIME OF THE 912 PM EDT HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS
  WITHIN THE TIDAL ZONE. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN
  CHARLESTON.

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.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON
DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS
EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV
OR SEND A TWEET TO @NWSCHARLESTONSC.

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