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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2020, 9:24 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 20, 2020, 5:25 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2020, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2020, 5:25 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2020, 9:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 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 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Santee River near Jamestown (JAMS1). The gauge peaked at 17.23 ft at May 30, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT.
- 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.
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 May 19, 9:07 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:07 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 39 min |
| May 20, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 48 min | |
| May 20, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 50 min |
| May 20, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 116 min |
| May 20, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 50 min |
| May 20, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 28 min |
| May 20, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 92 min | |
| May 20, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 66 min |
| May 20, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 90 min |
| May 20, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 89 min | |
| May 20, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 41 min |
| May 20, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 61 min |
| May 20, 1:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 89 min |
| May 20, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| May 20, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Georgetown | 29 min |
| May 20, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 82 min |
| May 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 45 hr | |
| May 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 28 min |
| May 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 47 min |
| May 20, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 42 min |
| May 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 48 min |
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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.