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Coastal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Charleston, SC

August 11, 2014

NWS Charleston, SC issued this coastal flood advisory at Aug 11, 2014, 3:09 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 11, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2014, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 11, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2014, 9:53 AM EDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood advisory 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 coastal flood advisory went out at Aug 11, 1:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 3:02 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
302 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-120715-
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-
302 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ052-120715-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
302 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

COASTAL FLOODING...ASTRONOMICAL FACTORS AND PERIODS OF ONSHORE
WIND WILL KEEP TIDE LEVELS ELEVATED INTO TUESDAY. AT LEAST
SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR AROUND THE TIMES OF THE
EVENING HIGH TIDES AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY
EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.

SCZ048>051-120715-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
302 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

COASTAL FLOODING...ASTRONOMICAL FACTORS AND PERIODS OF ONSHORE
WIND WILL KEEP TIDE LEVELS ELEVATED INTO TUESDAY. AT LEAST
SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR AROUND THE TIMES OF THE
EVENING HIGH TIDES AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY
EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-120715-
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-
302 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY AND MONDAY
EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES ARE
POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN. SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY AND MONDAY
EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES ARE
POSSIBLE IN HEAVY RAIN. SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 10:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 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 11, 5:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort	65 min
Aug 11, 6:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton	2 hr
Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	3 hr
Aug 11, 4:37 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		8 hr
Aug 11, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	63 min
Aug 11, 6:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort	3 hr
Aug 11, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	3 hr
Aug 10, 8:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Bulloch	4 hr
Aug 10, 8:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Chatham	115 min
Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	McIntosh	91 min

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Coastal Flood Advisories in South Carolina, 2014 Every coastal flood advisory in 2014

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