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Coastal Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

April 6, 2012

NWS Charleston, SC issued this coastal flood warning at Apr 6, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal 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 coastal flood warning went out at Apr 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 20 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 20 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:17 PM EDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

AMZ330-352-354-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-
042>045-047-062030-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
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-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-
EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

AMZ350-062030-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

AMZ374-062030-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY MOVE OFF THE COAST
THIS EVENING...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-052-062030-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS AND THE UPCOMING PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE WILL RESULT
IN AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENINGS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES...OR PERHAPS EVEN A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH AND OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.

RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS...LARGER THAN NORMAL
BREAKING WAVES...AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL SPRING TIDE WILL RESULT IN
AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

SCZ050-062030-
CHARLESTON-
417 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS AND THE UPCOMING PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE WILL RESULT
IN AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENINGS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES...OR PERHAPS EVEN A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH AND OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.

RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS...LARGER THAN NORMAL
BREAKING WAVES...AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL SPRING TIDE WILL RESULT IN
AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS96 min
Apr 6, 4:04 AM EDTGale WarningCHS11 hr
Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchCHS11 hr
Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchCHS46 min
Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDTRip Current StatementCHS16 hr
Apr 5, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston35 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2012Coastal Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every coastal flood warning in 2012

Sources

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