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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2023, 2:28 AM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia. It took effect at Aug 30, 2023, 11:10 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2023, 2:28 AM EDT (06:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2023, 11:10 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2023, 9:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 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 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Savannah River at Burton's Ferry (BFYG1). The gauge peaked at 12.00 ft at Aug 31, 2023, 9:00 AM 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.
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 Aug 30, 1:53 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:53 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:14 AM EDT | Hurricane Warning | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Aug 30, 5:20 AM EDT | Storm Surge Warning | CHS | 21 hr | |
| Aug 30, 11:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Allendale | 21 days |
| Aug 30, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 11:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 11 min |
| Aug 30, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 25 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 15 min |
| Aug 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 20 min |
| Aug 30, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 3:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 21 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 26 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 8 min |
| Aug 30, 9:51 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Tattnall, Toombs | 5 days |
| Aug 30, 10:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 17 min |
| Aug 30, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Evans | 21 days |
| Aug 30, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Tattnall | 114 min |
| Aug 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven and 1 more | 88 min |
| Aug 30, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 9 hr |
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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.