Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2004, 2:35 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina; Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 77 days. 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 13, 2004, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2004, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 77 days
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KCHS 131837
FFWCHS
GAC031-132030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
235 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 235 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR NEARLY STATIONARY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...
ADABELLE...
REGISTER AND GRIMSHAW...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3224 8182 3238 8159 3245 8165 3241 8190
3228 8194
$$
241 follow-up statement
000
WGUS52 KCHS 291228
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-291515-
/X.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0002.040829T1222Z-040829T1515Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
825 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
* AT 825 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN
CHARLESTON COUNTY AND EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL STORM GASTON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 720 AM AND
820 AM INDICATE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES NEAR CHARITY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
HUGER AND AWENDAW...
WANDO AND CAINHOY...
GOOSE CREEK...
DANIEL ISLAND AND HANAHAN...
MOUNT PLEASANT...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY
FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3313 7936 3336 7985 3308 8008 3285 8006
3268 7994
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 77 days |
| Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 90 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.