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

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

...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 CHARLESTON COUNTY...INCLUDING
  DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.

* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 7.0 TO 7.2
  FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR WITH THIS
  EVENINGS HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 912 PM.

* IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS NEAR
  THE COAST. 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 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 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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