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Coastal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Charleston, SC

August 19, 2013

NWS Charleston, SC issued this coastal flood advisory at Aug 19, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2013, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 19, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal 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 coastal flood advisory went out at Aug 19, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:49 AM EDT, 11 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:55 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
355 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

SCZ042-043-192030-
HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
355 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HAMPTON AND COLLETON
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ISLANDTON TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF EARLY BRANCH...NEARLY STATIONARY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALMEDA...ALMEDA INTERSECTION...CAMP BRANCH...CUMMINGS...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER THE
RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3290 8112 3292 8080 3274 8085 3273 8100
      3275 8102 3273 8104 3272 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 270DEG 0KT 3303 8103 3253 8103

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:57 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
357 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

GAZ116-138-192045-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY-
357 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LIBERTY AND BRYAN
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEAR LETFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
LETFORD...LANIER...ELLABELL...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8156 3204 8137 3194 8152 3205 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 232DEG 8KT 3206 8159 3200 8152

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	95 min
Aug 19, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	51 min
Aug 19, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Dorchester	82 min
Aug 19, 3:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	96 min
Aug 19, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Allendale	89 min
Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Hampton	115 min
Aug 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	35 min
Aug 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	48 min
Aug 19, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Dorchester	86 min
Aug 19, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	39 min
Aug 19, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	95 min
Aug 19, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	93 min
Aug 19, 5:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	84 min
Aug 19, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	95 min
Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	96 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	89 min
Aug 19, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	83 min
Aug 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	2 hr
Aug 19, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Hampton	92 min
Aug 18, 9:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins	9 days
Aug 19, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	McIntosh	86 min
Aug 19, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan	48 min
Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty	91 min
Aug 19, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	89 min
Aug 19, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch, Screven	47 min
Aug 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Screven	11 hr
Aug 19, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Candler	48 min
Aug 19, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Evans, Long, Tattnall	2 hr
Aug 19, 7:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Effingham, Screven	2 hr

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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.