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Coastal Flood Advisory
GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-260300-
/O.EXA.KCHS.CF.Y.0010.130525T2300Z-130526T0300Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-
555 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 9.1 TO 9.4
FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI AROUND THE TIME OF THE
915 PM EDT HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS
WITHIN THE TIDAL ZONE. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN MINOR INUNDATION OF
SALTWATER IS EXPECTED IN AND NEAR LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS.

SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS IN THIS AREA WHEN
TIDES AT FORT PULASKI REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.

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 @NWSCHARLESTONSC.

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