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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
409 AM EDT WED SEP 23 2009

SCZ048>051-231800-
/O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0029.090923T1400Z-090923T1800Z/
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
409 AM EDT WED SEP 23 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

ELEVATED TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA
TODAY. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 7.0 TO 7.2 FT MEAN LOWER
LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR WITH THE NEXT HIGH TIDE. THESE
LEVELS TYPICALLY PRODUCE SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING UP AND DOWN THE
LOWER SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...PARTICULARLY IN THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
AREA.

HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1208 PM IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 124 PM
IN THE BEAUFORT RIVER NEAR BEAUFORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS
NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR
REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.

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