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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

August 18, 2022Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2022, 9:39 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2022, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2022, 11:40 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Beaufort County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 18, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:44 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	3 hr
Aug 19, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		59 min
Aug 19, 6:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	3 hr
Aug 19, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	42 min
Aug 19, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		84 min
Aug 19, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	111 min
Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper	57 min
Aug 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		46 min
Aug 19, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper	60 min
Aug 19, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		84 min
Aug 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven	60 min
Aug 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Liberty	26 min
Aug 19, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	55 min
Aug 19, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	42 min
Aug 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	16 min
Aug 19, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan	41 min
Aug 19, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	52 min
Aug 19, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans, Tattnall	46 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.