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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC

February 21, 2020Bulloch County, Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2020, 9:51 AM EST for Bulloch County, Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 21, 2020, 1:45 PM EST. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2020, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2020, 1:45 PM EST
Expired
Mar 13, 2020, 10:51 AM EDT
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ogeechee River near Rocky Ford (RFDG1).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02202040, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 20, 6:50 PM EST, 15 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:50 PM EST, 15 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 3:13 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.