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Gale Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC

April 23, 2020

NWS Charleston, SC issued this gale warning at Apr 23, 2020, 3:19 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 23, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2020, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 23, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 warning went out at Apr 23, 1:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 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
Apr 23, 3:13 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	13 hr
Apr 23, 3:13 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CHS		11 hr
Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	27 min
Apr 23, 2:27 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		29 hr
Apr 23, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		113 min
Apr 23, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more	89 min
Apr 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	6 hr
Apr 23, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		41 min
Apr 23, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		59 min
Apr 23, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	29 min
Apr 23, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, McIntosh	65 min
Apr 23, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	CHS	McIntosh	46 min
Apr 23, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, McIntosh	24 min
Apr 23, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	35 min

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Sources

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