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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, SC

May 1, 2020Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2020, 9:34 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 2, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2020, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 15, 2020, 9:58 AM EDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 Santee River near Jamestown (JAMS1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02171700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 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.