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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, SC

May 6, 2009Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2009, 2:20 PM EDT for Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It took effect at May 6, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2009, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 8, 2009, 1:40 PM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Burke County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ogeechee River at Midville (MDVG1).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02201230, 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 May 6, 1:33 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:33 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:49 AM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 9:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1052 AM EDT WED MAY 06 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     E NEWINGTON             32.59N 81.50W
05/05/2009                   SCREVEN            GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A 10 FOOT BY 16 FOOT AWNING WAS TORN OFF A PATIO...AND
            THE METAL SUPPORT PIPES WERE BROKEN IN HALF IN NEWINGTON
            GEORGIA.

&&

JRJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	30 min
May 6, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty	55 min
May 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	43 min
May 6, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	62 min
May 6, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	41 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.