KCHS [200216]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS52 KCHS 200216
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1016 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0530 PM LIGHTNING STATESBORO 32.45N 81.78W
08/19/2013 BULLOCH GA LAW ENFORCEMENT

0540 PM HEAVY RAIN STATESBORO 32.45N 81.78W
08/19/2013 U0.00 INCH BULLOCH GA LAW ENFORCEMENT

WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS IN STATESBORO. NO ROADS REPORTED
CLOSED YET...BUT SOME ARE GETTING DIFFICULT FOR TRAVEL.

0556 PM FLASH FLOOD STATESBORO 32.45N 81.78W
08/19/2013 BULLOCH GA 911 CALL CENTER

BULLOCH COUNTY 911 DISPATCH RELAYED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
ROAD CLOSURES IN OR NEAR THE STATESBORO CITY LIMITS.
APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 WATER RESCUES REPORTED DUE TO
FLOODING IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND
HOMES ALONG JOHNSON STREET AND WEST SIDE ROAD AS WELL AS
HODGES CIRCLE. TWO DAM FAILURES REPORTED NORTHEAST OF
THE STATESBORO CITY LIMITS. ONE OF THE DAMS WAS ALONG
BUCK CREEK ROAD. FIRST ROAD CLOSURE REPORTED AT 556 PM.
NUMEROUS ROADS AND HOMES REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH 830 PM.

0616 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTH CHARLESTON 32.85N 79.97W
08/19/2013 M1.15 INCH CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER REPORTED 1.15 INCHES OF RAIN IN 18 MINUTES.

0643 PM FLASH FLOOD HAMPTON 32.88N 81.13W
08/19/2013 HAMPTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT

PARTS OF 278 WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL RUNOFF. SEVERAL SIDE STREETS OFF OF
278...INCLUDING WILLARD...3RD...5TH... AND HOLLY
FLOODED. 363 AND WADE HAMTPON CLOSED. 601 AND MAGNOLIA
CLOSED. FLOODING LASTED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 830 PM.

0645 PM HEAVY RAIN BAY 32.23N 81.59W
08/19/2013 U0.00 INCH BULLOCH GA 911 CALL CENTER

*** 2 INJ *** 911 DISPATCH REPORTED A 5 CAR ACCIDENT
DUE TO HYDROPLANING ON INTERSTATE 16 BETWEEN MILE MARKER
132 AND 135. 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

0724 PM COASTAL FLOOD 3 WNW FORT SCREVEN 32.03N 80.90W
08/19/2013 CHATHAM GA TIDE GAGE

A MAXIMUM TIDE LEVEL OF 9.41 FT MLLW WAS OBSERVED AT
THE FORT PULASKI TIDE GAGE. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING
TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE UPPER GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDE
LEVELS REACH 9.20 FT MLLW.

0730 PM COASTAL FLOOD 2 E PORT WENTWORTH 32.15N 81.15W
08/19/2013 CHATHAM GA BROADCAST MEDIA

HOULIHAN BOAT RAMP NEAR PORT WENTWORTH IS COMPLETELY
COVERED WITH WATER FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER...SOME OF
WHICH IS FLOWING ONTO THE NEARBY PARKING LOT. REPORT
FROM THE PUBLIC RELAYED BY SAVANNAH TV STATION.

0737 PM COASTAL FLOOD 1 E CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.93W
08/19/2013 CHARLESTON SC TIDE GAGE

A MAXIMUM TIDE LEVEL OF 7.37 FT MLLW WAS OBSERVED AT
THE CHARLESTON HARBOR TIDE GAGE. SHALLOW COASTAL
FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDE LEVELS REACH 7.0 FT MLLW.


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EVENT NUMBER CHS1300846 CHS1300847 CHS1300853 CHS1300848 CHS1300852
CHS1300854 CHS1300849 CHS1300851 CHS1300850

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