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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, SC

June 12, 20204 counties in South Carolina; Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Jun 12, 2020, 3:28 AM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2020, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2020, 12:24 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Effingham County, GA, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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 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 Jun 12, 12:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 10:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 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
Jun 12, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		117 min
Jun 12, 2:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.