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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Charleston, SC

April 10, 2022Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2022, 9:32 AM EDT for Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 11, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2022, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 1, 2022, 9:32 AM EDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 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 Edisto River near Givhans Ferry (GIVS1). The gauge peaked at 11.20 ft at Apr 14, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02175000, 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 10, 7:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 7:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 7:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSBerkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg21 days
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSAllendale15 days
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSHampton, Jasper20 days
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSBurke, Emanuel, Jenkins5 days

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.