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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC

December 18, 2023Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2023, 12:11 PM EST for Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 19, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2023, 12:11 PM EST (17:11 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 19, 2023, 10:24 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Burke County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ogeechee River at Midville (MDVG1).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02201230, 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 Dec 17, 5:56 PM EST, 18 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 5:56 PM EST, 18 hours 15 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
Dec 17, 9:35 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	8 hr
Dec 18, 3:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		3 days
Dec 18, 6:15 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	24 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.