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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

April 11, 2024Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2024, 7:59 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2024, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 10, 4:26 PM EDT, 15 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 4:26 PM EDT, 15 hours 33 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
Apr 10, 9:52 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CHS		32 hr
Apr 11, 6:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	3 hr
Apr 11, 6:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	5 hr
Apr 11, 9:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty	2 hr
Apr 11, 9:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Tattnall, Toombs	21 days
Apr 11, 6:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	9 hr
Apr 11, 8:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:56 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	28 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.