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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Charleston, SC

April 1, 2009Evans County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Apr 1, 2009, 3:11 PM EDT for Evans County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 1, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2009, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2009, 3:33 AM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Evans County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 1, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes 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
Mar 31, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.