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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

March 3, 20145 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 3, 2014, 3:56 AM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2014, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2014, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

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

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 3, 1:24 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:24 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 9:37 PM EST, 6 hours 19 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
Mar 3, 3:50 AM EST	Gale Watch	CHS		12 hr
Mar 3, 3:23 PM EST	Gale Warning	CHS		12 hr
Mar 3, 6:47 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	9 hr
Mar 3, 5:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	33 min
Mar 3, 5:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall	43 min
Mar 3, 6:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	26 min
Mar 3, 6:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	46 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2014 Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2014 Every freeze warning 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.