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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Charleston, SC

April 21, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2020, 9:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 22, 2020, 10:36 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2020, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2020, 10:36 AM EDT
Expired: May 6, 2020, 10:29 AM EDT
In force: 14 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ogeechee River near Eden (EDEG1). The gauge peaked at 12.89 ft at Apr 26, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02202500, 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 Apr 21, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:54 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CHS	23 hr
Apr 22, 3:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS	6 hr
Apr 22, 3:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS	23 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.