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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

June 30, 2010Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2010, 9:20 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 85 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2010, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2010, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 30, 9:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 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
Jul 1, 3:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		66 hr
Jun 30, 8:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	87 min
Jul 1, 1:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	91 min
Jul 1, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.