CFWCHS

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
244 PM EDT MON AUG 9 2010

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED AGAIN NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE THIS EVENING...

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-100300-
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COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
244 PM EDT MON AUG 9 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 630 PM TO 11 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 630 PM TO 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 7.5 AND 7.8 FEET MEAN
LOWER LOW WATER DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING IN
CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 9.4 TO 9.7 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER NEAR
THE MOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. HOWEVER...
CRITICAL LEVELS OF 7.0 FEET IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 9.2 FEET AT
FORT PULASKI MAY BE REACHED BEFORE 7 PM.

TIDES OF THIS LEVEL TYPICALLY PRODUCE MINOR SALT WATER FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
AREA AS WELL AS ROUTE 80 BETWEEN WILMINGTON ISLAND AND TYBEE
ISLAND. SEE THE RECENTLY ISSUED PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR
MORE DETAILS.

HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 811 PM IN CHARLESTON HARBOR...AT 818 PM
NEAR FORT PULASKI...AND AT 927 PM IN THE BEAUFORT RIVER NEAR
BEAUFORT...BUT THE RISK FOR SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM.

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 AND ALONG THE NORTHERN
GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT
FORT PULASKI.

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