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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Charleston, SC

July 19, 20138 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Jul 19, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jul 19, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 19, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 19, 2013, 6:18 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 19, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 9:22 PM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
922 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-200130-
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-
922 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-200130-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
922 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH THIS
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK GIVEN THE UPCOMING FULL MOON AND LUNAR
PERIGEE. ALTHOUGH SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT
SHOULD HELP KEEP DEPARTURES MINIMAL...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR
SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE
SOUTH CAROLINA COAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY DURING THE EVENING HIGH
TIDE. SHOULD WINDS BECOME MORE ONSHORE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-200130-
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-
922 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 3:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		31 hr
Jul 18, 9:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins	24 hr
Jul 18, 10:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Evans	18 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.