Active Advisories: Coastal Flood Advisory Air Quality Index
Currently
Reported at Charleston, Charleston Air Force Base, SC
5:56 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012- 79°F26°C
Mostly Cloudy- Feels Like:81°F27.1°CDew Point:66°F19°CHumidity:65%
Winds:SSW 9 mph 14 kph
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. &&
Air Quality Index
337 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 THE GROUND LEVEL OZONE FORECAST FOR CHARLESTON...BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON METROPOLITAN AREA FOR TUESDAY IS...44 OR CODE GREEN. THIS FALLS IN THE GOOD CATEGORY. A CODE GREEN FORECAST MEANS NO HEALTH EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED. && --- AIR QUALITY INDEX TABLE --- COLOR CODE AIR QUALITY INDEX CODE DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------- GREEN 0-50 GOOD YELLOW 51-100 MODERATE ORANGE 101-150 UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS RED 151-200 UNHEALTHY PURPLE 201-300 VERY UNHEALTHY VISIT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WEB SITE AT WWW.DHEC.SC.GOV/OZONE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GROUND LEVEL OZONE FORECASTS FOR OTHER AREAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
