Active Advisories: Coastal Flood Advisory
Currently
Reported at Beaufort, Marine Corps Air Station, SC
5:56 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012- 79°F26°C
Clear- Feels Like:81°F27.1°CDew Point:66°F19°CHumidity:65%
Winds:W 7 mph G 1711 kph G 27
Pressure:29.74 in1007 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Coastal Flood Advisory
544 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING: HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL REACH BETWEEN 7.1 AND 7.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND BETWEEN 9.1 AND 9.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. TIDES OF THIS LEVEL WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING: HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 859 PM...AT 1010 PM IN THE BEAUFORT RIVER AT BEAUFORT AND 901 PM AT FORT PULASKI. THE RISK FOR SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST ONE HOUR ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS: SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME DOCKS AND LOW NON FLOATING PIERS COULD BECOME INUNDATED. SOME STREETS IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WILL FLOOD...BUT REMAIN PASSABLE. HIGHWAY 80 WILL REMAIN OPEN BETWEEN WILMINGTON ISLAND AND TYBEE ISLAND...ALTHOUGH WATER WILL APPROACH IT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. SALT WATER FLOODING OF AREAS NEARBY TO MARSHES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. 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 #WXREPORT. &&
