Weather Alert in South Carolina
Flash Flood Warning issued August 22 at 5:52PM EDT until August 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
AREAS AFFECTED: Charleston, SC
DESCRIPTION: FFWCHS The National Weather Service in Charleston has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Charleston County in southeastern South Carolina... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 552 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated bands of moderate to locally heavy rainfall moving into Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms and Sullivans Island. While additional rainfall should average less than 2 inches, the combination of an elevated incoming high tide and heavy rainfall should produce areas of additional flash flooding. The warning has been extended for this reason. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash 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, Hamlin Plantation and Snowden. This includes I-526 between mile markers 29 and 31.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Flooding is likely in low-lying coastal areas where high tide will inhibit runoff of heavy rain.
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Weather Topic: What is Fog?
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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the
ground and obscures visibility.
It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets.
Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions
close to a body of water.
Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in
the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.
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Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of
water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon
coming into contact
with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which
can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing
rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.
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