Coastal Flood — Southern Colleton, South Carolina

2020-09-15 · Southern Colleton, South Carolina

Event narrative

Several buildings along Docksite Road are flooded with several inches of water in the buildings. Flood waters are coming from Big Bay Creek due to coastal flooding.

Wider weather episode

Major coastal flooding impacted portions of the southeast South Carolina coast as astronomical high tides were elevated due to the perigee and a new moon cycle. Tides were driven higher due to the presence of favorable northeast winds as the region was situated between high pressure to the north and Tropical Cyclone Sally which made landfall near the Alabama and Florida state line.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 921647. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.