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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Charleston, SC

May 24, 1988Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1988, 12:38 AM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1988, 12:38 AM EDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1988, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 1:01 AM EDTHail 1Berkeley, SC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1988-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1988-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSDorchester56 min
May 24, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton56 min
May 24, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort26 min
May 24, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston61 min
May 24, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.