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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, SC

August 17, 2025Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2025, 9:28 PM EDT for Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 18, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2025, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 1, 2025, 9:10 AM EDT
In force: 14 days
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Savannah River near Clyo (CLYG1). The gauge peaked at 12.04 ft at Aug 24, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02198500, 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 17, 7:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 7:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 4:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 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
Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	CHS		3 days
Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	CHS		3 days
Aug 18, 3:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins	47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2025 River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2025 Every river flood warning in 2025

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.