...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...BEAUFORT, COASTAL COLLETON AND CHARLESTON.

* COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...UP TO ONE FOOT OF SALTWATER INUNDATION
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IS POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR SHORELINES
AND TIDAL WATERWAYS (7.4 TO 7.8 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER). THIS
WILL RESULT IN SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE AND MINOR FLOODING
OF PROPERTIES.

* TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 7:31 AM TODAY AT CHARLESTON.
SALTWATER INUNDATION WILL BE POSSIBLE 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE AND
AFTER HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF TRAVEL IS REQUIRED, ALLOW EXTRA TIME AS SOME ROADS MAY BE CLOSED.
DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTY.

&&

TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.

CHARLESTON HARBOR SC
MLLW CATEGORIES - MINOR 7.0 FT, MODERATE 7.5 FT, MAJOR 8.0 FT
MHHW CATEGORIES - MINOR 1.2 FT, MODERATE 1.7 FT, MAJOR 2.2 FT

TOTAL      TOTAL    DEPARTURE
DAY/TIME    TIDE       TIDE     FROM NORM   WAVES    FLOOD
FT MLLW    FT MHHW       FT       FT      IMPACT
--------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -------  --------
19/08 AM     7.6        1.8        1.0       NA     MODERATE
19/08 PM     7.2        1.4        1.4       NA      MINOR
20/08 AM     8.0        2.2        1.8       NA      MAJOR
20/09 PM     7.0        1.2        1.0       NA      MINOR
21/09 AM     6.9        1.1        0.6       NA       NONE
21/10 PM     6.2        0.4        0.2       NA       NONE

&&

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS AND SEAS...WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS
TO SMALL CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DURING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

&&