Alert archive / Georgia / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Aug 10, 2014, 3:15 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2014, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2014, 2:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722 WGUS62 KCHS 100715 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 315 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-101800- /O.NEW.KCHS.FF.A.0003.140810T0715Z-140811T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 315 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AREAS. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AS A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION...WHEN COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
7 follow-up statements
886 WGUS62 KCHS 101125 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 725 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE... AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-101930- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140811T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 725 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AS A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION...WHEN COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. && $$
132 WGUS62 KCHS 101507 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1107 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY LINGERING NEAR THE COAST TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-102315- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140811T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1107 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS OVER OR NEAR THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION...COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. && $$
195 WGUS62 KCHS 101943 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 343 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-110400- /O.EXT.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140811T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 343 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS OVER OR NEAR THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL ACCUMULATION...COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. && $$
895 WGUS62 KCHS 110342 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1142 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-110900- /O.EXT.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140811T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1142 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON METRO AREAS... * UNTIL 5 AM EDT MONDAY. * THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REDEVELOP AFTER 3 AM AND AFFECT SOME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN FLASH FLOODING OVER THE PAST 12 TO 18 HOURS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. && $$
229 WGUS62 KCHS 110713 FFACHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE... AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-111800- /O.EXT.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140812T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 313 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY...AS A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS RAINFALL...WHEN COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. && $$
360 WGUS62 KCHS 111601 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1201 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY AND INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE... AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-120015- /O.CON.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140812T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1201 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH...CANDLER...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...EFFINGHAM...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH... JENKINS...LONG...SCREVEN AND TATTNALL. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...COASTAL COLLETON...COASTAL JASPER...DORCHESTER...HAMPTON...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND COLLETON...INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY. * UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY...AS A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS RAINFALL...WHEN COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH AT THE COAST...WHERE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATERS. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH METRO AREAS. * FLOODING COULD OCCUR QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DRIVING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROADWAYS BECOMING IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. && $$
054 WGUS62 KCHS 111820 FFACHS FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 220 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-111930- /O.CAN.KCHS.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140812T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 220 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. $$
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 Aug 10, 1:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 107 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL REMAIN OVER OR NEAR THE AREA INTO MONDAY...THEN BECOME ILL-DEFINED DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT MAY THEN CROSS THE REGION BY LATE NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS PER GOING TRENDS. THE RISK FOR HVY RAINS HAVE ENDED FOR THE NXT FEW HRS. TEMPS ON TRACK. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... SUNDAY...A RATHER WEAK AND GENERALLY ZONAL WEST TO NW FLOW ALOFT WILL SIT ATOP A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT SITUATED EAST-WEST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ZONES IN THE MORNING...BEFORE LIFTING A LITTLE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE SYNOPTIC CIRCULATIONS MASKED SOME BY THE SEA BREEZE. EMBEDDED PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THE FLOW ALOFT AND THE SYNOPTIC FORCING FROM THE PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT AND THE SEA BREEZE WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE /PWATS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES/ TO RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY WITH PLENTY OF CONVECTION. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING...BUT THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL AWAIT FOR CONVECTIVE TEMPS TO HIT THE MID AND UPPER 80S TO PRODUCE GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. PROBABILITIES WILL PEAK IN THE 60-70 RANGE...EXCEPT 50 PERCENT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE FLOW FROM 925-700 MB IS PRACTICALLY NON-EXISTENT WHICH SUGGESTS THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR WHERE TRAINING AND/OR BACK-BUILDING STORMS OCCUR. FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES AND/OR WARNINGS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND MESO-SCALE INTERACTIONS COULD TRIGGER A FEW STRONGER STORMS...WITH A NON-ZERO RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH WET MICRO-BURSTS. WITH SOME INSTABILITY REMAINING...PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND LINGERING BOUNDARIES...CONVECTION WILL BE SLOW TO WIND DOWN AT NIGHT. WE/LL KEEP WATCH FOR POSSIBLE FOG/STRATUS AGAIN LATE AT NIGHT. THE DIURNAL TEMP CURVE SUNDAY WILL BE DICTATED BY CONVECTION...BUT PRIOR TO RAIN-COOLED AIR WE LOOK FOR AROUND 90 NORTH TO 93-94 SOUTH OF I-16. LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S WILL SUFFICE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY...WE STILL FIND THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS OUR SC ZONES...WHILE A SLIGHTLY MORE PRONOUNCED SHORT WAVE ALOFT LOOKS TO DEVELOP A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE FRONT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH. THIS FEATURE WILL PULL INTO THE ATLANTIC MONDAY NIGHT AS THE FLOW ALOFT STARTS TO AMPLIFY MORE IN ADVANCE OF A STRONGER SHORT WAVE DROPPING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. PWATS REMAIN GREATER THAN 2 INCHES AND THE FLOW IS STILL FAIRLY WEAK...ALTHOUGH A BIT MORE SO THAN ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL AGAIN LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS COULD SPUR A FEW STRONGER OR ONE OR TWO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS. POPS WILL AGAIN PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE 50-60 PERCENT RANGE. WITH SLIGHTLY LESS COVERAGE AND A LITTLE MORE WESTERLY FLOW OFF THE APPALACHIANS WE CAN ANTICIPATE TEMPS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S BEFORE CONVECTION MESHES UP THE DIURNAL CURVE. TUESDAY...A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN ALOFT WILL OCCUR AS A SHORT WAVE DIGS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THE FLOW WILL BACK A LITTLE MORE WEST-SW ALOFT AND THIS ALLOWS FOR THE SURFACE WAVE TO LIFT NORTH/NE OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE STATIONARY FRONT TRANSITIONS INTO A MORE DIFFUSE COLD FRONT...STILL NEARBY. PWATS ARE STILL GREATER THAN 2 INCHES...BUT NOW THERE IS SOME BETTER WIND FIELDS AS EVIDENCED BY 20-30 KT MID LEVEL FLOW AND 30-40 KT UPPER FLOW. THIS AGAIN LEADS TO ABOVE NORMAL POPS IN THE 40-60 PERCENTILE. THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS TEMPERED BY ONLY MARGINAL THERMODYNAMICS...ALTHOUGH THE HIGHER WIND FIELDS CERTAINLY COULD GENERATE SOME STRONGER OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. TEMPS SIMILAR TO OR A DEGREE OR SO HIGHER THAN ON MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE FORECAST AREA WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BETWEEN A BROAD UPPER TROUGH CENTERED TO THE NORTH AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH OVER FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS. A WAVE OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LIFTING NORTH OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA COASTLINE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A MORE WELL-DEFINED COLD FRONT PROGRESSING EAST FROM THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS IN ITS WAKE. NOTABLY DRIER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT SHIFTS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY STALLS/DISSIPATES TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST FRIDAY. HAVE INDICATED HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE THE BAND OF DEEP MOISTURE DISSIPATES OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. HAVE THEN TRENDED RAIN CHANCES BACK DOWN TOWARD MORE SEASONAL 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH BEST THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. EXPECT LITTLE VARIATION IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING IN THE LOWER 90S INLAND EACH AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION /05Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WATCHING FOR PSBL STRATUS BUILD DOWN AT KSAV...BUT THOUGHTS ARE THAT IFR CIGS WILL NOT BECOME ESTABLISHED. SOME SHALLOW MVFR FOG PSBL HWVR. NO CONCERNS AT KCHS THROUGH SUNRISE. IT WL BE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY FOR SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS THE RGN. BOTH KCHS AND KSAV HAVE HIGH PROBABILITIES FOR TSTM IMPACTS THIS AFTN. WL CALL FOR PREVAILING MVFR TSRA AT KCHS BY 18Z AND 20Z AT KSAV WITH TEMPO CONDITIONS MARGINAL IFR FOR MAINLY HVY RAIN. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT TSTMS WL PUSH INLAND FROM THE TERMINALS BY SUNSET...BUT COULD LINGER AT KSAV A BIT LONGER IF THE LATEST NSSL WRF VERIFIES. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT SCATTERED AND MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES EXPECTED AS A STATIONARY FRONT LINGERS NEARBY. WINDS MAINLY 10 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...HIGHEST OFFSHORE. SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER OR NEAR THE LOCAL WATERS...GENERATING MOSTLY GENTLE OR MODERATE BREEZES AND SEAS LESS AT OR BELOW 3 FT THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE FROM OFF THE MAINLAND WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 OR 40 KT...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS AND/OR SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY AT TIMES. MARINERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A WEATHER WATCH...LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR APPROPRIATE VHF CHANNELS. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE STATIONARY FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE ON TUESDAY...GIVING WAY TO A COLD FRONT BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE SOME TIGHTENING OF THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE UPSTREAM FRONT AND THE SUB-TROPICAL ATLANTIC RIDGE TO THE SE AND SOUTH...BUT BELOW ANY ADVISORY HEADLINES. STRONGER T-STORMS WILL AGAIN PERIODICALLY OCCUR...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS WITH LESS FREQUENCY THAN EARLIER IN THE WEEK. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... THE PROXIGEAN SPRING TIDE WILL OCCUR SUNDAY...AND THESE ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ELEVATED TIDES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SINCE ONLY SMALL DEPARTURES ARE NEEDED ABOVE THE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDE VALUES TO RESULT IN AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING...THIS WILL LIKELY BOOST TIDE LEVELS ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THROUGH MONDAY OR TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES WOULD BE DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SC COAST. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN OCCUR AROUND THE TIMES OF THE ELEVATED HIGH TIDES...RUNOFF WILL BE INHIBITED AND MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITHIN COASTAL COMMUNITIES. && .EQUIPMENT... THE CHARLESTON SC WSR-88D /KCLX/ REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE CURRENT ESTIMATE HAS THE RADAR RETURNING TO SERVICE BETWEEN AUGUST 21 AND 25. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && ST
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:50 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-110700- 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- 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-110700- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... 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. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...ASTRONOMICAL FACTORS AND PERIODS OF ONSHORE WIND WILL KEEP TIDE LEVELS ELEVATED MONDAY INTO POSSIBLY 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... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-110700- 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- 250 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES ARE POSSIBLE. SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COAST GUARD BROADCASTS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WARNING INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 21 hr | |
| Aug 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Evans, Long, Tattnall | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 94 min |
| Aug 10, 3:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 67 min | |
| Aug 10, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 90 min |
| Aug 10, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 113 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort | 87 min |
| Aug 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.