Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

Jun 6, 1997, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCHS 061556
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-062100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1149 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING      EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BERKELEY COUNTY...CHARLESTON COUNTY
 
AT 1130 AM...THE HEAVIEST TORRENTIAL RAINS HAD SHIFTED NORTH OF
CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
SHIFT NORTH TO HUGER AND AWENDAW...THEN TO MCLELLANVILLE AND JAMESTOWN
BY 3 PM.  THESE LOCATIONS FURTHER NORTH OF CHARLESTON COULD SEE UP TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
 
OVER THE REMAINDER OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH.
THE SEVERE FLOODING SITUATION WILL CONTINUE IN THE CHARLESTON AREA...
HOWEVER WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT USE STREETS AND ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER.
USE ALTERNATE ROUTES IF POSSIBLE.  REMEMBER...THE FLOOD WATER CAN
CONTAIN SALT AND BE VERY DAMAGING TO AUTOMOBILES.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 6, 9:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
945 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 1997

RAIN IS THE BIG FOCUS OF THE DAY. POP SHOULD BE AT 100 PCT...DON/T KNOW
WHY IT WAS LOWERED BY THE OVERNITE SHIFTS.  ATTM LOOKS LIKE A TIGHT
LOW MAY BE SPINNING OFFSHR AND PROGRESSING SLOWLY NNE WITH THE GRADIENT
TIGHTENING AROUND AND WINDS INCRSG NEAR CSTL SECTIONS.  VERY EFFICIENT
PRECIP IS OCCURING INVOF CHS WITH LOW CIGS AND BIG MOIST CONVEYOR COMING
OFF ATLC IN THE OVERRUNNING. ALREADY ISSUED FFW OVER PART OF CHS LOCAL
AREA WITH VERY HVY RAINS IN TANDEM WITH THE HI TIDE.

ON MARINE THINK THAT GALE WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED JUST NORTH
OF THE LO CENTER AS STRONG UPR DIFFLUENCE OCCURS AND LIKELY NEG TILT.
FRYING PAN IS ALREADY CLOSING IN AT 30 KT AND I/D NOT BE SURPRISED TO
SEE SOLID 35 KT LATER.

FOR MAX TEMPS TODAY...GO CLOSE TO CURRENT READINGS.  LITTLE IF ANY
DIURNAL RANGE EXPECTED.  THIS WILL BE RECORD LOW MAX TEMP FOR THE DAY.
LO(OKING MORE LIKE SPRING OR LATE FALL THAN JUNE!
/LAVIS

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.