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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC

February 23, 2013Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2013, 9:06 PM EST for Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2013, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 28, 2013, 7:51 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Santee River near Jamestown (JAMS1). The gauge peaked at 10.35 ft at Feb 27, 2013, 12:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02171700, 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 Feb 23, 6:57 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:57 PM EST, 2 hours 9 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
Feb 23, 7:46 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		89 min
Feb 24, 3:46 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	CHS		2 hr
Feb 24, 4:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		5 days
Feb 24, 3:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CHS	Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins	7 days

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.