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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, SC

December 19, 2018Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Dec 19, 2018, 9:35 PM EST for Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2018, 9:35 PM EST (02:35 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2018, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 20, 2018, 4:33 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

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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 Dec 19, 6:22 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 6:22 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 6:35 PM EST, 3 hours 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
Dec 20, 3:22 AM EST	Gale Warning	CHS		48 hr
Dec 20, 6:35 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	55 min
Dec 20, 8:51 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	CHS		30 hr
Dec 20, 12:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		61 min
Dec 20, 12:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	29 min
Dec 20, 12:49 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
Dec 20, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	29 min
Dec 20, 1:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	45 min
Dec 20, 2:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 min
Dec 20, 2:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	24 min
Dec 20, 3:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	42 min
Dec 20, 3:10 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		73 min
Dec 20, 3:24 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:24 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	27 hr
Dec 20, 3:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	24 min
Dec 20, 4:33 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		21 min
Dec 20, 12:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.