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...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO
WILL TRACK WEST OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS
ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT THESE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE
IMPACTING THE REGION...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL ALSO BE
OCCURRING. TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL THUS BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN
PREDICTED...POSSIBLY REACHING 7.8 FT IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 9.8
FT AT FORT PULASKI WITH THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE. AS A
RESULT...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH
EROSION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WILD
DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP
ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER NEAR JAMESTOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...FALL TO 11.4 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...SWAMPLANDS NEAR JAMESTOWN BECOME FLOODED. LOGGING
OPERATIONS AND CATTLE GRAZING IN RIVER BOTTOMLANDS MAY BE AFFECTED.