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Gale Watch 3, NWS Charleston, SC

March 20, 2018

NWS Charleston, SC issued this gale watch at Mar 20, 2018, 3:41 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 20, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2018, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 20, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Mar 19, 4:44 PM EDT, 10 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 4:44 PM EDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:22 PM EDT, 10 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 20, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	27 min
Mar 20, 2:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	55 min
Mar 20, 3:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		31 hr
Mar 20, 3:42 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	45 hr
Mar 20, 3:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Hampton	63 min
Mar 20, 3:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	31 min
Mar 20, 4:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	30 min
Mar 20, 4:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	64 min
Mar 20, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	35 min
Mar 20, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
Mar 20, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	24 min
Mar 20, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		117 min
Mar 20, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		64 min
Mar 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	62 min
Mar 20, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	25 min
Mar 20, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	37 min
Mar 20, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		87 min
Mar 20, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	27 min
Mar 20, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	53 min
Mar 20, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	54 min
Mar 20, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		119 min
Mar 20, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	57 min
Mar 20, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		116 min
Mar 20, 3:49 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CHS		35 hr
Mar 20, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	26 min
Mar 20, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
Mar 20, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Georgetown	31 min
Mar 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		61 min
Mar 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	36 min
Mar 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	43 min
Mar 20, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		114 min
Mar 20, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	29 min
Mar 19, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	25 min
Mar 20, 3:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jenkins, Screven	37 min
Mar 20, 4:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven	48 min
Mar 20, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	58 min
Mar 20, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Liberty, McIntosh	38 min
Mar 20, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	32 min

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Sources

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