Note that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential.
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WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
128 PM EST SAT MAR 6 2010
...WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...BERKELEY...CHARLESTON...COLLETON...
DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...JASPER...
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRYAN...BULLOCH...CANDLER...CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...
JENKINS...LIBERTY...LONG...MCINTOSH...SCREVEN...TATTNALL...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
EDISTO...LOWER SANTEE...OGEECHEE...OHOOPEE...SAVANNAH...
CANOOCHEE...
RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. FLOOD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG
THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR
EDEN...AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO. RIVERS HAVE BEEN ON A
STEADY DECLINE DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR
RAINFALL WILL BE WITH A STORM SYSTEM NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
DESPITE THIS BOUT OF RAIN IN THE NEXT WEEK...RIVER LEVELS WILL
PROBABLY REMAIN STEADY OR CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THE LONG-TERM TREND CONTINUES TO FAVOR ABOVE-NORMAL PRECIPITATION
DUE TO A STRONG EL NINO CONDITION. THIS WOULD INDICATE NEAR TO
ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR FURTHER FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS
THROUGH EARLY SUMMER.
THIS IS THE FINAL WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR 2010.
$$
JRL
