Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2004, 2:51 PM EDT for Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia; Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. 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, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 77 days
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 131853
FFWCHS
GAC109-267-132045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
251 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 251 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN OCCURRING OVER
MUCH OF TATTNALL AND EVANS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
THE HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...
REIDSVILLE AND MANASSAS...
MENDES...
CLAXTON...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.
DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER
CATCHMENTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. SHALLOW GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN
RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3225 8190 3229 8217 3192 8220 3184 8202
3209 8178 3221 8180
$$
241 follow-up statement
000
WGUS52 KCHS 291513
FFWCHS
SCC015-019-291800-
/X.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0003.040829T1503Z-040829T1800Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1115 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 1115 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL
STORM GASTON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1015
AM AND 1115 AM WERE MAINLY BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 1.5 INCHES. RADAR ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL
AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES NEAR THE ISLE OF PALMS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
CAINHOY AND WANDO...
MOUNT PLEASANT...
DANIEL ISLAND AND BONNEAU...
CHARLESTON AND BONNEAU BEACH...
NORTH CHARLESTON AND JAMES ISLAND...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.
TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3318 7949 3350 8004 3315 8014 3299 8004
3269 7995 3288 7968 3310 7977
$$
EMLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 77 days |
| 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, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 90 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 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.