Situation Overview:

At 8:00 PM, the center of Tropical Storm Idalia was located near latitude 32.7 North, longitude 80.9 West. Idalia is moving toward the northeast near 21 mph (33 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. A generally eastward motion is forecast to begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of Idalia will move near or along the coast of South Carolina through tonight, and then just offshore of the coast of North Carolina on Thursday. Idalia will then move eastward over the western Atlantic into the weekend.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph (100 km/h) with higher gusts. Some additional weakening is forecast through tonight, but Idalia is expected to remain a tropical storm while it moves near the coasts of South Carolina and North Carolina.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles (335 km) from the center. A sustained wind of 39 mph (63 km/h) and a gust to 50 mph (80 km/h) were recently reported at Folly South End, South Carolina, near Charleston.

For the latest forecast please visit https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Idalia.

In an effort to keep you updated on Sea Pines CSA services and operations, please note the following items below:

• As the storm passes through our area, our property owners, guests and visitors are asked to remain indoors and to stay off of the roadways and leisure trails in Sea Pines.

• Some trees and debris are down throughout the community and trees and limbs are still coming down ahead of the storms arrival. (Pictured below: Sea Pines CSA Maintenance Staff responding to downed trees)

• Should stormwater inundation occur, please shelter in place until waters have receded.

• If you must travel tonight, avoid areas of standing water and downed trees across a roadway.

• Overnight tonight, 8/30, Sea Pines CSA will have crews from our Security and Maintenance Departments who will remain in Sea Pines through the storm.

• Once the storm has passed, our crews will work as quickly as possible to assess the community and begin debris clean up. Please stay off of the roadways, leisure trails, and boardwalks until those efforts can be completed.

• Stormwater System Update: In order to get ahead of the potential heavy rainfall, staff have placed large portable high-volume dewatering pumps in strategic locations throughout the community to assist in lowering lagoon levels. These pumps will remain running as long as it is safe for our staff to operate them throughout the storm. These pumps will also be used after the storm to assist in the removal of stormwater from the community.

• We continue to actively monitor the tidal control structures on our lagoon system to prevent as much tidal inflow as possible. We continue to actively manage the Lawton Canal pump station to move water out of the community.

• The Sea Pines entrance gates, security and our security dispatch phone line at 843-671-7170 and maintenance team are all operational at this time. These locations will remain staffed throughout the storm, unless storm conditions threaten the safety of staff. We will notify you in advance if these services need to be modified due to storm conditions.

Gate Access & Pass Sales:

• Currently, the entrance gate into Sea Pines at the Greenwood Gate has been reduced to one lane. We expect to resume normal gate operations as of tomorrow morning.

• The sale of all Sea Pines daily visitor gate passes was discontinued as of 11:00 AM today, August 30th. We will resume the sale of daily visitor gate passes tomorrow, Thursday (8/31) at 11:00 AM.

• Commercial Gate Pass sales will resume tomorrow, Thursday (8/31) at 7:00 AM. If you are in need of access for an emergency repair service tonight (8/30), please contact Sea Pines Security Dispatch at 843-671-7170 and provide the service provider’s name, date and time of arrival, and reason for service.

Sea Pines CSA Office/ Facility Updates

• The Welcome Center Guest Pass Office discontinued issuing Sea Pines Guest Passes from this location as of 11:00 AM today, August 30th. Property Owners needing a guest pass should contact the Sea Pines Security Dispatch office at 843-671-7170. The Welcome Center Guest Pass Office will resume operations at 11:00 AM tomorrow, Thursday (8/31).

• Sea Pines CSA Administration Office, Sea Pines ARB and the Sea Pines Community Center are closed today (8/30). These offices will resume operations at 11 AM tomorrow, Thursday (8/31).

• Access to Tower Beach and its facilities, The Sea Pines Forest Preserve, and Six Oaks are currently closed and will reopen once clean up efforts can be completed.

• Parking Lots along Power Line Easement:
• To continue to allow Santee Cooper unobstructed access to the major transformer lines in Sea Pines, please do not park vehicles in lot numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10.

Sea Pines Trolley Service

• The Sea Pines Trolley service for Thursday (8/31) is to be determined.