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Hurricane Watch 1014, NWS Charleston, SC

October 5, 2016Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this hurricane watch at Oct 5, 2016, 10:24 AM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2016, 10:24 AM EDT (14:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2016, 6:04 PM EDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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 hurricane 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 hurricane watch went out at Oct 5, 9:37 AM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 9:37 AM EDT, 47 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
Oct 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	CHS	Effingham, Long	19 hr

Nearby

Hurricane Watches in South Carolina, 2016 Hurricane Watches in Georgia, 2016 Every hurricane watch in 2016

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.