455 WHUS42 KCHS 070104 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 904 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING LIKELY AROUND HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY AND COASTAL COLLETON COUNTY... SCZ049-050-052-070500- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120607T0500Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY- 904 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION: PARTS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY AND COASTAL COLLETON COUNTY. * COASTAL FLOODING...PERSISTENT ONSHORE WINDS AND LINGERING INFLUENCES FROM THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING. HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL REACH BETWEEN 7.70 AND 7.90 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR. TIDES OF THIS LEVEL TYPICALLY WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1047 PM IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THE RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST ONE HOUR ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS...SOME DOCKS AND LOW NON FLOATING PIERS WILL BECOME INUNDATED. SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON WITH WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF LEE STREET...AMERICA STREET...COOPER STREET...SOUTH STREET... DRAKE STREET...NORTH MARKET...BARRE STREET...HAGWOOD STREET... FISHBURNE STREET AS WELL AS OTHERS. WATER WILL APPROACH HOMES ON DRAKE STREET...WATER STREET...ATLANTIC STREET...AIKEN STREET...SOUTH STREET...LEE STREET...AMERICA STREET...MORRISON RIVE AND JACKSON STREET. PORTIONS OF LONG POINT ROAD MAY FLOOD IN MOUNT PLEASANT ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING ALONG PARTS OF TWELFTH AND TWENTY FIFTH STREETS ON ISLE OF PALMS. JUNEAU AVENUE WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE AND ISOLATE THE COOPER RIVER MARINA. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG BACK BAY CREEK AT EDISTO BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON... WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH AND EDISTO BEACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID IMMEDIATE COASTAL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 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. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-070500- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120607T0500Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 904 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL REACH BETWEEN 9.50 AND 9.70 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. TIDES OF THIS LEVEL WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1159 PM IN THE BEAUFORT RIVER AT BEAUFORT AND AT 1050 PM AT FORT PULASKI NEAR SAVANNAH. THE RISK FOR SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST ONE HOUR ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME DOCKS AND LOW NON FLOATING PIERS COULD BECOME INUNDATED. HIGHWAY 80 MAY ACTUALLY NEED TO BE CLOSED BETWEEN WILMINGTON ISLAND AND TYBEE ISLAND. SALT WATER FLOODING OF AREAS NEARBY TO MARSHES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING TONIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$