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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Charleston, SC

April 18, 20145 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Apr 18, 2014, 3:49 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina; 8 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 18, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2014, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 18, 1:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 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
Apr 18, 1:41 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		12 hr
Apr 18, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper	91 min
Apr 18, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	4 hr
Apr 18, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	37 min
Apr 18, 3:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	McIntosh	91 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Candler, Evans, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall	87 min
Apr 18, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	92 min
Apr 18, 5:47 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CHS		3 hr
Apr 18, 6:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Tattnall, Toombs	11 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.