FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 927 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009
RISE TO 15.7 FEET FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 14.5 FEET...THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF SEVERAL RIVERFRONT HOMES ALONG
TOM GOETHE ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 818 PM EST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
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...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...
INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...JENKINS...SCREVEN AND
TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...
CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...HAMPTON...
INLAND COLLETON AND INLAND JASPER.
* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS
ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS AND WITH THE GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THESE
RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
ALTHOUGH NOT AS MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINS TO FALL AROUND HIGH TIDE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS COULD ALSO
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR THE COAST SUCH
AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
* THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATEST IN LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...RISES WILL CONTINUE ON AREA
RIVERS INCLUDING THE OHOOPEE...OGEECHEE...SAVANNAH...CANOOCHEE
AND SOUTH SANTEE RIVERS. ALL OF THESE RIVERS ARE ALREADY IN
FLOOD AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE EVEN HIGHER
CRESTS TO OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING
DEVELOPS.
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