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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, SC

August 16, 20135 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Aug 16, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 16, 2013, 10:45 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 16, 2013, 10:45 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2013, 6:27 PM EDT
In force: 32 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, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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 Aug 16, 1:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 9:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 15, 10:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes 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
Aug 15, 8:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	82 min
Aug 16, 5:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
Aug 16, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		97 min
Aug 16, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		63 min
Aug 16, 3:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	61 min
Aug 16, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		53 min
Aug 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		87 min
Aug 16, 5:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Jasper	5 hr
Aug 16, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	91 min
Aug 16, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		94 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		85 min
Aug 16, 9:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Tattnall, Toombs	16 days
Aug 16, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh	94 min
Aug 16, 4:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	9 hr
Aug 16, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Long	55 min
Aug 16, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	87 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Liberty, McIntosh	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2013 Every flash flood watch 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.