KCHS [012134]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS52 KCHS 012134
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
534 PM EDT MON OCT 01 2007

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

0830 AM HIGH SURF FOLLY BEACH 32.65N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORED SEVERE EROSION IS
PROGRESS NEAR THE FOLLY BEACH WASHOUT. ESCARPMENTS AS
HIGH AS 4-5 FT HAVE FORMED DUE TO THE EROSION. IN
ADDITION...WAVE BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE ARE RUNNING
NEAR 6 FT.

1154 AM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

AMERICAN ST. NEAR LEE ST. COMPLETELY FLOODED AROUND 1
FOOT IN DEPTH. WATER HALFWAY TO CAR DOORS AND APPROACHING
HOMES.

1200 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

STREET FLOODING INTERSECTION OF JACKSON ST. AND MORRISON
DRIVE. WATER LEVEL APPROACHING RESIDENCES.

1220 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

WATER AROUND SEVERAL RESIDENCES BETWEEN REED AND AMERICA
STREETS.

1223 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

DRAKE STREET FLOODED BUT PASSABLE BETWEEN SOUTH AND
CHAPEL STREETS.

1228 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

SOUTH STREET FLOODED BETWEEN DRAKE STREET AND AMERICA
STREET. WATER AROUND SEVERAL HOMES. YARDS INUNDATED
BEHIND POST OFFICE ON EAST BAY.

1236 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

NORTH MARKET STREET BETWEEN CONCORD AND EAST BAY
PARTIALLY FLOODED.

1240 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

WATER IN PORTIONS OF STATE PORTS AUTHORITY PARKING LOT.

1259 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS EMPLOYEE

PART OF PARKING LOT AT PILOT HOUSE WHARF FLOODED.

0100 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES 1 E RIDGEVILLE 31.41N 81.38W
10/01/2007 MCINTOSH GA TRAINED SPOTTER

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT HIGH ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES HAVE SUBMERGED DOCKS ALONG THE NORTH BACK RIVER
JUST EAST OF RIDGEVILLE.

0100 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES SEABROOK ISLAND 32.58N 80.17W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE ROADWAY
HEADING TO THE BOHICKET MARINA WAS FLOODED AT HIGH TIDE.

0105 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

WATER WAS FLOWING OUT OF THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND ACROSS
PARTS OF EAST BAY STREET AND TRADD STREET NEAR THE
CHARLESTON COAST GUARD STATION.

0110 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

WENTWORTH STREET COMPLETELY FLOODED BETWEEN BARRE STREET
AND GADSON STREET. WATER WAS APPROACHING RESIDENCES.

0115 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

BENNETT STREET FLOODED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GADSEN
STREET. SEVERAL CARS SURROUNDED BY WATER. WATER IN
PARKING LOT OF ADJACENT OFFICES.

0120 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES JAMES ISLAND 32.73N 79.93W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC TRAINED SPOTTER

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT CENTRAL PARK ROAD
IN JAMES ISLAND WAS FLOODED WITH ONE LANE CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.

0125 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

BEE STREET SEVERELY FLOODED NEAR MUSC AND RALPH JOHNSON
MEDICAL CENTER. WATER LEVEL UP TO THE TOP OF TIRES ON
CARS.

0135 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

THE INTERSECTION OF HAGWOOD STREET AND FISHBURNE

COMPLETELY FLOODED. HAGWOOD STREET BETWEEN FISHBURNE AND
HIGHWAY 17 SEVERELY FLOODED. ROAD IS IMPASSSIBLE BY CARS.

0152 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
10/01/2007 CHARLESTON SC NWS STORM SURVEY

HANOVER STREET BETWEEN LEE STREET AND COOPER STREET
FLOODED.

0345 PM HIGH SURF TYBEE ISLAND 32.00N 80.85W
10/01/2007 CHATHAM GA LAW ENFORCEMENT

THE TYBEE ISLAND LIFEGUARDS REPORT EXTREME EROSION IS IN
PROGRESS ON TYBEE ISLAND. SEVERAL LIFEGUARD TOWERS HAVE
BEEN UNDERMINED AND/OR DESTROYED. FENCES ALONG THE DUNE
LINE HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE BEACH IS NEARLY NON-
EXISTENT DUE TO THE ONGOING HIGH TIDES AND HIGH SURF.

0350 PM HIGH ASTR TIDES SAPELO ISLAND 31.40N 81.28W
10/01/2007 MCINTOSH GA OTHER FEDERAL

OFFICIALS WITH THE NOAA SAPELO ISLAND NATIONAL ESTUARINE
RESEARCH RESERVE REPORTED CATASTROPHIC EROSION IS IN
PROGRESS UP AND DOWN SAPELO ISLAND. ALL TURTLE NESTING
GROUNDS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. 20-30 FT OF LAND/BEACH HAS
ERODED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS CREATING CLIFTS AT HIGH AS
8 TO 10 FEET. MANY ROADWAYS ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE
ISLAND HAVE BEEN FLOODING AT HIGH TIDE. SEVERAL ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN UNDERMINED AS WELL. DOCKS HAVE ALSO BEEN
DAMAGED.

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