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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Charleston, SC

December 17, 20098 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Dec 17, 2009, 3:16 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 18, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2009, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 18, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 Dec 17, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:14 AM EST, 11 hours 2 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
Dec 17, 10:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		38 hr
Dec 17, 3:03 PM EST	Gale Watch	CHS		13 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 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.