NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued July 26 at 3:46PM EDT until July 26 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring.
* WHERE...Berkeley County in southeastern South Carolina...
Charleston County in southeastern South Carolina...
* WHEN...Until 600 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Expect
many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take several
hours for all the water from these storms to work through local
drainage systems in urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 344 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported a number of road
closures in Isle of Palms, Mount Pleasant and surrounding areas
from ongoing flooding. Between 3 and 5.5 inches of rain have
fallen in these areas since around 1 PM. Emergency officials are
describing this situation as dangerous and are asking people to
stay off the roadways until conditions improve. The risk for
additional flooding has diminished, but it will take some time
for conditions to improve.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Mount Pleasant, Isle Of Palms, Sullivan's Island, Mount Pleasant
Towne Centre, Boone Hall Plantation, Sullivans Island, Seaside
Farms, East Cooper Regional Medical Center and Snowden.
- This includes I-526 between mile markers 29 and 31.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1983rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days