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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Charleston, SC

August 18, 2025Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2025, 3:29 PM EDT for Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It took effect at Aug 19, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2025, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 20, 2025, 2:33 PM EDT
In force
31 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 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Ogeechee River at Midville (MDVG1). The gauge peaked at 5.81 ft at Aug 19, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT.

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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 Aug 18, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
147 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

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Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans-
Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-
Inland Jasper-Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper-
Tidal Berkeley-
147 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and
southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

See the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook for more information
about the following possible hazardous weather:

- Rip Current

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

See the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook for more information
about the following possible hazardous weather:

- Coastal Flood
- Rip Current

&&

The Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook can be found at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo/?wfo=chs

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 9:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSEffingham, Screven14 days
Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDTRip Current StatementCHS3 days
Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryCHS3 days

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.