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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2024, 1:05 PM EST for Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 7, 2024, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2024, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2024, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 18:05 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 12.37 ft at Mar 13, 2024, 9:00 AM EDT.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 18 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Tattnall, Toombs | 14 days |
| Mar 6, 7:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 82 min |
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.