Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

Jan 23, 1998, 9:15 AM EST (14:15 UTC)

Expired

Jan 23, 1998, 3:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KCHS 231422
FFWCHS
GAC051-SCC013-019-029-053-232000-

BULLETIN...EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
915 AM EST FRI JAN 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY
   ...CHARLESTON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN COLLETON COUNTY
   ...JASPER COUNTY

IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

   ...CHATHAM COUNTY

SINCE MIDNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL REGION...MAINLY BETWEEN CHARLESTON
AND SAVANNAH. MANY COASTAL ROADS ARE EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING AT
THIS TIME. WATER OVER ONE FOOT DEEP HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MANY
ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA.

2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 930 AM
AND 3PM.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOjW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


&
JGS/SLB/TJR/JH

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 23, 2:30 AM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
230 AM EST FRI JAN 23 1998

KIND OF BUSY THIS AM KEEPING TRACK OF MESO ALARMS. MOSTLY JUST GOOD
SHEAR ZONE WITH AREA OF TSTMS AND HEAVY RAIN MOVING OFFSHORE.

MDLS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF DETAILS THRU SAT. WEAK SHORT WAVES TO MOVE
THRU AREA IN ADVANCE OF VIGOROUS VORT TO SWING THRU AREA WITH H5 TROF
SAT. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF WILL SEE NEAR
CATEGORICAL POPS INTO EARLY SAT BEFORE THE RIVER OF MOISTURE GETS CUT
OFF. AREA PW HIGH...WILL CONT TO SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
TSTMS.

CWF...PER TELCO WITH ILM WL CONT STRONG SCA. BEST PG NORTH OF CHS CSTL
WTRS AND WITH WEAK SFC LOW TRAVERSING AREA WINDS LIKELY TO STAY BELO
GALE. PG LOOSENS LATER TDY AS WELL.

S COAST  /CHS-NBC/
.TODAY...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES. HIGH
IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 50 TO 55. SOUTH WIND
10 MPH BECOMING WEST. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A MORNING SHOWER WITH DECREASING
CLOUDS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH 55 TO 60.

.CHS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CAPE ROMAIN TO SAVANNAH.

JCI

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.