Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.