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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC

June 23, 2014Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT for Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 20 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.3	Savannah Airport, GA	HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING.
Jun 23, 5:56 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	1 Ese Savannah Airport, GA	DUTY OFFICER REPORTED PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROBERT B MILLER ROAD AND DEAN FOREST ROAD.
Jun 23, 6:03 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.07	Savannah Airport, GA
Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	1 Nw Savannah Airport, GA	SPOTTER REPORTED WATER CALF DEEP IN THE RENTAL CAR PARKING LOT AT SAVANNAH AIRPORT
Jun 23, 6:09 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	1 E Port Wentworth, GA	ABOUT 1 FOOT OF WATER ON AVERAGE IN FRONT YARD ON THE 200 BLOCK OF COMMONWEALTH AVENUE.
Jun 23, 6:17 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.66	Savannah Airport, GA	SECOND WETTEST JUNE DAY ON RECORD AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT SO FAR.
Jun 23, 6:22 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Garden City, GA	WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT GARDEN CITY. ROADS UNDERWATER WITH WATER LEVEL OVER CAR TIRES. WATER SURROUNDING SOME BUSINESSES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 23, 6:24 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ene Savannah Airport, GA	ROBERT B MILLER AND DEAN FOREST ROAD FLOODED IN PLACES. TRAFFIC IS HALTED.
Jun 23, 6:42 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.23	Savannah Airport, GA
Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Savannah Airport, GA	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE NORTH PARKING LOT AT GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE. TOW TRUCKS ARE BEING USED TO RELOCATE VEHICLES.
Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 N Pooler, GA	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING ON BENTON BLVD NEAR GODLEY WAY.
Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.75	3 N Pooler, GA	RAINFALL OCCURRED SINCE 4 PM.
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ene Port Wentworth, GA	BONNYBRIDGE ROAD FLOODED NEAR CHISWICK STREET.
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wnw Pooler, GA	FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 80 EASTBOUND FROM POOLER PARKWAY TO ROGER STREET.
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Ese Garden City, GA	FLOOD WATERS WASHED OUT A SECTION OF THE CSX RAIL LINE NEAR HIGHWAY 307 AND GULF STREAM ROAD.
Jun 23, 7:06 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Pooler, GA	SYMONS STREET FLOODED BETWEEN ROGER ST AND DURDEN DRIVE
Jun 23, 7:13 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.27	Savannah Airport, GA
Jun 23, 7:44 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Se Savannah Airport, GA	FLOODING HAS CLOSED DEAN FOREST ROAD BETWEEN PRODUCT SUPPORT ROAD AND DAVIDSON ROAD.
Jun 23, 8:27 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nnw Pooler, GA	SPOTTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON PARK AVENUE AND CANAL STREET.
Jun 23, 9:07 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.61	Savannah Airport, GA	THIS IS NOW THE WETTEST JUNE DAY ON RECORD AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871. THIS SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.60 INCHES SET JUNE 29 1999

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

622 
WGUS52 KCHS 232116
FFWCHS
GAC051-103-SCC053-232315-
/O.NEW.KCHS.FF.W.0010.140623T2116Z-140623T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
516 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARDEEVILLE
  TO I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 
  STATIONARY.

  SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA INDICATE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM.
  THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. 

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  POOLER...MONTEITH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...PORT WENTWORTH...
  LIMEHOUSE...BELLINGER HILL AREA...LEVI...BLOOMINGDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER ON THE ROAD. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER
THAN IT APPEARS AND THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. ONLY ONE FOOT OF
WATER WILL STALL A VEHICLE AND LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT
AND CARRY AWAY A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

7 follow-up statements

384 
WGUS72 KCHS 232139
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
539 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-232315-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140623T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
539 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN PORT WENTWORTH...

AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM
MELDRIM AND BLOOMINGDALE EAST TO PORT WENTWORTH AND LEVY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA SUGGEST 3 TO AS MUCH
AS 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING IN THE PORT WENTWORTH AREA. 
THIS IS LIKELY PRODUCING DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING. AS OF 537 PM...
3.91 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AS THE SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD AIRPORT.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT AS AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 4 INCHES COULD FALL THROUGH 715 PM. 

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT
AND BELLINGER HILL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

021 
WGUS72 KCHS 232213
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
613 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-232315-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140623T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
613 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN PROGRESS AROUND PORT
WENTWORTH...

AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING AREAS
FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE TO PORT WENTWORTH.
IN ADDITION...MORE HEAVY RAIN WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF LIBERTY AND BRYAN COUNTIES...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO
FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA SOON. AS OF 610 PM...5.48 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...WITH RADAR
ESTIMATING OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PORT WENTWORTH AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT
AND BELLINGER HILL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED.

HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...BE PROACTIVE. RAISE
SENSITIVE ITEMS OFF THE GROUND BEFORE FLOODING BEGINS.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

219 
WGUS72 KCHS 232244
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
644 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-232315-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140623T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
644 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN NORTHEAST CHATHAM COUNTY 
INCLUDING PORT WENTWORTH...

AT 644 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS MUCH 
OF NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY AND 
SOUTHEAST EFFINGHAM COUNTY. RADAR ALSO SHOWED MORE HEAVY RAINFALL 
MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. 

AS MUCH AS 3 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING IN THE 
AREA BETWEEN THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT...PORT WENTWORTH AND MONTEITH. 
SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN THE AREA DUE TO FLASH FLOODING AND 
MANY YARDS ARE FLOODED DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE 
FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. AS OF 642 PM...6.23 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAD FALLEN AS THE SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD AIRPORT. SEVERE FLASH 
FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS THIS EVENING WITH THE 
RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING LIKELY TO PERSIST BEYOND 715 PM. 

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT
AND BELLINGER HILL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...BE PROACTIVE. RAISE
SENSITIVE ITEMS OFF THE GROUND BEFORE FLOODING BEGINS.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

785 
WGUS52 KCHS 232310
FFWCHS
GAC051-103-SCC053-240115-
/O.EXT.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
710 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN EXTENDING FROM POOLER TO 
  PORT WENTWORTH. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. IN ADDITION...
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 915 PM. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS 
  OCCURRING IN AND AROUND PORT WENTWORTH...MONTEITH AND THE SAVANNAH
  AIRPORT.
 
  SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS INDICATE WIDESPREAD 
  FLASH FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS WITH ROADS AND YARDS FLOODED. 
  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...
  POOLER...MONTEITH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...PORT WENTWORTH...
  LIMEHOUSE...BELLINGER HILL AREA...LEVI...BLOOMINGDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED.

HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...BE PROACTIVE. RAISE
SENSITIVE ITEMS OFF THE GROUND BEFORE FLOODING BEGINS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

043 
WGUS72 KCHS 232346
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
746 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-240115-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
746 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...
...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY...

AT 746 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE RAIN FALLING
ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS
HAVE LIKELY ENDED...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO AFFECT
MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY FROM POOLER
EAST TO PORT WENTWORTH. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 TO 10 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. AS OF
745 PM...THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT HAD RECEIVED 6.31 INCHES OF RAIN...
WHICH MAKES TODAY THE SECOND WETTEST JUNE DAY ON RECORD SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIDESPREAD
FLASH FLOODING PERSISTS IN MANY AREAS WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES. 
ALSO...THE CSX RAILROAD HAS EXPERIENCED A WASHOUT OF THE RAIL 
LINE NEAR HIGHWAY 307 AND GULF STREAM ROAD.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT
AND BELLINGER HILL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE MAJORITY OF FLOOD DEATHS ARE DUE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ARE
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. TO AVOID THE RISK OF DEATH...FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE IF THE ROAD IS FLOODED.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

565 
WGUS72 KCHS 240038
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
838 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-240115-
/O.CON.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
838 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MAINLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE AREA FROM POOLER TO PORT
WENTWORTH INTO HARDEEVILLE. THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
QUICKLY DIMINISHING...HOWEVER YARDS AND SOME ROADWAYS REMAIN 
FLOODED DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME
FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.

AS OF 837 PM...THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT HAD RECEIVED 6.48 INCHES 
OF RAIN...WHICH MAKES TODAY THE SECOND WETTEST JUNE DAY ON RECORD 
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND HARDEEVILLE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT
AND BELLINGER HILL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND
STREAMS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN KNOCK A CHILD OFF
THEIR FEET AND SWEEP THEM TO THEIR DEATH.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

695 
WGUS72 KCHS 240106
FFSCHS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
906 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAC051-103-SCC053-240115-
/O.EXP.KCHS.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-CHATHAM GA-
906 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT FOR FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...

REPORTS FROM THE CHATHAM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY INDICATE
THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE SUBSIDING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AT OF
9 PM. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL THEREFORE BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 915 PM.

ALTHOUGH THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS ENDED...DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND
CULVERTS WILL REMAIN FULL. PONDING WATER WILL PERSIST IN LOW-LYING
AREAS AND MAY POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO ALL-HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH
TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

LAT...LON 3230 8107 3216 8098 3200 8131 3202 8134
      3203 8133 3205 8137 3207 8137 3208 8139
      3210 8139 3211 8140 3211 8141 3215 8140
      3216 8141 3217 8141

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	35 min
Jun 23, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 23, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 23, 8:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		93 min
Jun 23, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 min
Jun 23, 12:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	112 min
Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton	84 min
Jun 23, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	30 min
Jun 23, 2:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort	95 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	35 min
Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	57 min
Jun 23, 3:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	53 min
Jun 23, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	119 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	60 min
Jun 23, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 22, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans	24 min
Jun 23, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall	60 min
Jun 23, 7:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	83 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.