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GAC029-031-043-051-103-109-165-179-183-191-251-267-SCC005-013-015-
019-029-035-049-053-080600-

WINTER/SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1247 PM EST THU MAR 7 2013

...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...
SANTEE...EDISTO...SAVANNAH...OGEECHEE...OHOOPEE...CANOOCHEE...

THE DROUGHT STATUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST 
GEORGIA CONTINUES TO IMPROVE DUE TO RECENT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL. THE STATUS RANGES FROM NO DROUGHT/ABNORMALLY DRY AROUND
THE CHARLESTON AREA TO MODERATE NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WITH ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS
AWAY FROM THE GEORGIA COAST. LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE RUNNING
NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER. IN FACT...SOME
POINTS ALONG THE THE OGEECHEE AND OHOOPEE RIVERS ARE CURRENTLY IN
FLOOD. HOWEVER...IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THESE POINTS OVER
AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS GIVEN THE LACK OF FORECAST
RAINFALL. THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

THE LATEST PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER THROUGH THE REST OF MARCH INDICATES NEAR NORMAL AMOUNTS
WHILE THE OUTLOOK THROUGH THE END OF MAY INDICATES A BETTER CHANCE
FOR BELOW NORMAL AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL FLOWS THE LONG TERM
PROSPECTS FOR MUCH RAINFALL ARE LOW AND THUS WE EXPECT A NEAR TO
BELOW NORMAL RISK FOR RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THE SPRING.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR THIS SEASON.

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