Alert archive / South Carolina / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2009, 12:31 PM EST for 4 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 4, 2009, 8:30 PM EST. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2009, 12:31 PM EST (17:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2009, 8:30 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2009, 10:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 river
Written for the forecast point Santee River near Jamestown (JAMS1).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02171700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 2, 6:29 PM EST, 18 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 6:29 PM EST, 18 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:10 PM EST, 21 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 310 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 031115- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 310 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS...DEEP COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT BEHIND THE DEPARTING STRONG STORM SYSTEM. THIS COLD AIRMASS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST TONIGHT...AND SOME ISOLATED FAR INLAND LOCATIONS MAY REACH THE UPPER TEENS. WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO RANGE IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND 10 TO 15 MPH EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 OVERNIGHT...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO THE 13 TO 18 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING INCLUDING A HAT AND GLOVES. PETS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO COLD WEATHER. KEEP THEM INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE...BE SURE DRY AND WARM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH...UNFROZEN DRINKING WATER. MAKE SURE TO CHECK ON THE ELDERLY AND ENSURE THAT HEATING SOURCES ARE ADEQUATE AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ117-119-139-141-031115- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 310 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.