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Gale Watch 5, NWS Charleston, SC

February 19, 2020

NWS Charleston, SC issued this gale watch at Feb 19, 2020, 3:11 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 20, 2020, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2020, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2020, 3:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 19, 2020, 3:16 PM EST
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 Feb 19, 1:02 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 1:02 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 9:44 PM EST, 5 hours 27 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
Feb 18, 9:41 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	8 hr
Feb 19, 3:11 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		4 days
Feb 19, 3:16 PM EST	Gale Warning	CHS		51 hr

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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.