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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC

August 1, 2013Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 1, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT for Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 1, 2013, 4:35 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2013, 4:35 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 6, 2013, 8:43 PM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Edisto River near Givhans Ferry (GIVS1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02175000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 31, 7:27 PM EDT, 19 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:27 PM EDT, 19 hours 7 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 1, 4:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 1, 2:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	86 min
Aug 1, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.