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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Charleston, SC

May 10, 2024Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2024, 9:47 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 11, 2024, 9:07 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2024, 9:47 AM EDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2024, 9:07 AM EDT
Expired: May 24, 2024, 10:42 AM EDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Santee River near Jamestown (JAMS1). The gauge peaked at 12.86 ft at May 20, 2024, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02171700, 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 May 9, 7:57 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 7:57 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:47 PM EDT, 17 hours 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
May 10, 9:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		117 min
May 10, 9:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	24 min
May 10, 9:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	30 min
May 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	37 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.