CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) –The National Weather Service Charleston will be making some changes to their flash flood warning criteria to issue advisories in the Lowcountry.
A flash flood warning is a step up from a flood advisory, something the TriCounty area sees often. Flash flood warnings come when an already heavily saturated area receives more rainfall and is unable to sustain the amount of rain that falls in that time period.
“Flash flooding is one of our unfortunately biggest killers because moving water is very powerful, we know that living next to the ocean, it can move cars off the road, it can knock people down,” said Storm Team 2’s Chief Meteorologist Rob Fowler…