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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Charleston, SC

August 18, 2013Evans County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2013, 7:35 AM EDT for Evans County, Georgia. It took effect at Aug 18, 2013, 12:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2013, 7:35 AM EDT (11:35 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2013, 12:42 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2013, 11:34 AM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: Minor

County Evans County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 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 Canoochee River near Claxton (CNOG1). The gauge peaked at 12.86 ft at Aug 21, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02203000, 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 Aug 18, 4:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
450 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-190900-
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-
450 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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
Aug 17, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
Aug 18, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 18, 10:09 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	14 days
Aug 18, 3:35 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		4 hr
Aug 17, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long, McIntosh	62 min
Aug 17, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	54 min
Aug 17, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	53 min
Aug 18, 2:36 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham	21 days
Aug 18, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jenkins	26 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 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.