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Gale Warning 19, NWS Charleston, SC

August 12, 2008

NWS Charleston, SC issued this gale warning at Aug 12, 2008, 4:01 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 13, 2008, 4:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2008, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2008, 4:50 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2008, 10:03 PM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 5:18 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 12:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 3:33 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CHS		25 hr
Aug 12, 3:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		12 hr
Aug 12, 11:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	114 min
Aug 12, 3:33 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	CHS		13 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in South Carolina, 2008 Every gale warning in 2008

Sources

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