FFACHS

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
657 AM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES POSE
A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POTENTIAL TO COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

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BERKELEY-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONCKS CORNER...BEAUFORT...
HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER
657 AM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  BEAUFORT...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON AND 
  COASTAL JASPER.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THROUGH
  TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST OFF
  THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INLAND. PERIODS
  OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY THROUGH LATE EVENING TONIGHT. RAIN
  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF HIGH TIDAL LEVELS.

* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH
  THIS EVENING. THE ELEVATED TIDAL LEVELS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE
  SERIOUS URBAN FLOODING PROBLEM IN PARTS OF THE AREA. HIGH TIDE
  IN CHARLESTON HARBOR IS AT 851 AM TODAY AND 1005 AM AT BEAUFORT.
  RECENT TIDE LEVELS HAVE BEEN AROUND 0.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED
  LEVELS AND INCREASING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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