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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC

October 13, 1994Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 1994, 2:21 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 1994, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Horry County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1994-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1994-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ101-118-119-116-117-100-138-139-140-141-131630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE CHATHAM COUNTY IN EXPIRATION..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
930 AM EDT THU OCT 13 1994

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...BULLOCH...LIBERTY...AND
CHATHAM COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 900 AM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GEORGIA COAST TODAY...

AT 925 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE AND NO LONGER POSED A THREAT
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS ROADS AND STREAMS REMAIN FLOODED
ACROSS PARTS OF EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...BULLOCH...CHATHAM AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.

FLOODWATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEED DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF SATUATED GROUND
AND FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES. RAINFALL AMOUTNTS ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE PAST
24 HOURS RANGED FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 14 INCHES.

ALONG THE COAST...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND WERE GENERALLY
LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. TIDES ARE STILL AVERAGING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER...SINCE THE TIDE IS CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARD A LOW AT 958 AM EDT THE
THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED.

MOTORISTS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF ROAD CLOSURES AND SHOULD
NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAVANNAH UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE.
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ101-118-119-116-117-100-138-139-140-141-131630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE CHATHAM COUNTY IN EXPIRATION..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
930 AM EDT THU OCT 13 1994

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...BULLOCH...LIBERTY...AND
CHATHAM COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 900 AM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GEORGIA COAST TODAY...

AT 925 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE AND NO LONGER POSED A THREAT
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS ROADS AND STREAMS REMAIN FLOODED
ACROSS PARTS OF EFFINGHAM...BRYAN...BULLOCH...CHATHAM AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.

FLOODWATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEED DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF SATUATED GROUND
AND FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES. RAINFALL AMOUTNTS ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE PAST
24 HOURS RANGED FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 14 INCHES.

ALONG THE COAST...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND WERE GENERALLY
LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. TIDES ARE STILL AVERAGING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER...SINCE THE TIDE IS CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARD A LOW AT 958 AM EDT THE
THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED.

MOTORISTS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF ROAD CLOSURES AND SHOULD
NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.T

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAVANNAH UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE.
Local storm report, Oct 13, 10:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBeaufort8 hr
Oct 12, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSJasper8 hr
Oct 13, 7:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSJasper4 hr
Oct 13, 7:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBeaufort4 hr
Oct 13, 9:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester3 hr
Oct 13, 11:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSGeorgetown, Williamsburg3 hr
Oct 13, 2:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSGeorgetown, Williamsburg3 hr
Oct 13, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSGeorgetown, Williamsburg5 hr
Oct 13, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSHorry5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.