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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, SC

August 2, 2020Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood watch at Aug 2, 2020, 5:04 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2020, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 3, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 3, 2020, 10:44 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 Aug 2, 4:33 AM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:33 AM EDT, 31 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
Aug 2, 5:21 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	44 hr
Aug 2, 5:27 AM EDT	Storm Surge Watch	CHS		11 hr
Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT	Storm Surge Warning	CHS		30 hr

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.