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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2020, 4:19 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 29, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2020, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2020, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Savannah River at Burton's Ferry (BFYG1). The gauge peaked at 15.15 ft at Apr 29, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02197500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 17 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 3 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2020River 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.