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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC

June 8, 2003Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2003, 6:42 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 78 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2003, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2003-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2003-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KCHS 082243
FFWCHS
SCC015-090000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
642 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 642 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN   
  FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BERKELEY COUNTY FROM
  MONKS CORNER TO SAINT STEPHEN TO JAMESTOWN. RADAR ESTIMATES
  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS FROM
  SAINT STEPHEN EAST TO ALVIN AND JAMESTOWN SINCE 5 PM. THIS 
  INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CALESTOWN AND BEUFORDTOWN. 
  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 
  HOUR AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...
  MONCKS CORNER...
  PINOPOLIS...
  JAMESTOWN...
  ALVIN...
  CALESTOWN...
  BEAUFORDTOWN...
  HIGHWAY 45 BETWEEN SAINT STEPHEN AND JAMESTOWN...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY
FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3320 8011 3307 7995 3328 7965 3339 7984

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KCHS 082323
FFSCHS
SCC015-090000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
722 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERKELEY COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM EDT...

RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL 
BERKELEY COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF MONKS CORNER TO OLD CORDESVILLE... 
CALESTOWN AND JAMESTOWN. SPOTTERS REPORT FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN 
SEVERAL LOCATIONS...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAY 45 NEAR JAMESTOWN. 
ALTHOUGH THIS LINE OF HEAVY RAIN IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT EAST OF THE 
WARNING AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN STILL BE 
EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 5 PM.

FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF 
JAMESTOWN...FAREWELL CORNER...CALESTOWN...BETHERA AND CORDESVILLE.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.

LAT...LON 3328 7962 3317 7974 3311 7987 3316 8001
          3332 7979

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.