Charleston Weather » severe potential http://blog.charlestonwx.com Updates on weather events for the Charleston, SC metro area. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Flooding concerns this afternoon http://blog.charlestonwx.com/2009/04/02/flooding-concerns-this-afternoon/ http://blog.charlestonwx.com/2009/04/02/flooding-concerns-this-afternoon/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:18:01 +0000 Jared Smith http://blog.charlestonwx.com/?p=37 A batch of steady rain with some pockets of heavy rainfall at times has been training over the Charleston metro much of the day. Typically, when we get steady rains like this, the primary focus is always on the downtown area and the flood threat. High tide is at 2:38 PM today, and with the rain expected to continue to hang around through tonight and into tomorrow, there could be some serious problems getting around the city this afternoon.

First, some rainfall totals (since midnight) from various personal weather stations around the area:

These totals will only continue to increase — I can see daily rainfalls of upwards of 3″ to possibly even 4″ in isolated spots before this is all said and done. This will make for some very treacherous driving in the area, especially downtown. TheDigitel has posted a Google map of flood zones in the area. If you know of one not on the list, feel free to add it — it’s wide open for community contributions.

Please leave flood reports in comments or on Twitter using the hashtag #chswx. The Charleston Weather Twitter account will see those and retweet as needed.

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