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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Charleston, SC

May 21, 2013Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this areal flood advisory at May 21, 2013, 6:05 AM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2013, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at May 21, 4:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
354 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-221030-
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-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
354 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 12:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston113 min
May 21, 12:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSCharleston2 hr
May 21, 12:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston114 min
May 21, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale32 min
May 21, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale46 min
May 21, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale61 min
May 21, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton37 min
May 21, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton46 min
May 20, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans26 min
May 20, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans32 min
May 20, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans38 min
May 21, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Candler50 min
May 21, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Evans, Tattnall52 min
May 21, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Evans, Tattnall45 min
May 21, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong40 min
May 21, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong46 min
May 21, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham30 min
May 21, 7:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSEffingham95 min
May 21, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham31 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2013Every areal flood advisory in 2013

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.