Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

Jul 17, 1997, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT

In force

70 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Chatham County, GA

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.

930 
WUUS1 KCHS 172238 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC051-172330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
635 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATHAM COUNTY
 
A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BRYAN COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST INTO
CHATHAM COUNTY BETWEEN 645 AND 800 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL
AFFECT AREAS MAINLY ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF SAVANNAH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TJR

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
230 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1997

SUMMER HEAT WILL CONT THRU SAT...WITH CHC TSTM POPS BOTH DAYS. FRONTAL
SYS TO MOVE INTO MID-ATLC SAT...WHICH MAY TOUCH OFF A FEW MORE TSTMS
OFF TO OUR N. OTW...SEA BRZ AND AMS TSTMS XPCTED NEXT FEW DAYS. S CST
TO REMAIN UNDER INFLUENCE OF UPPR RDG SO LGT WINDS ALFT...MAY SEE MORE
OF A W GRADIENT SAT BEFORE SEA BRZ DVLPS. GUID TEMPS LOOK CLOSE WITH
SAT XPCTED TO BE A DEGREE OR TWO HIER THAN FRI. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE
REMAINS OF DANNY IN THE XTNDED TIME FRM...THO MOST OF THE HVY RAINS SHUD
BE TO OUR N AND W. CWF...GENERALLY SW 15 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2-3 FT.

.S CST...
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF EVENING TSTMS.
LOW IN THE MID 70S INLAND TO THE UPPER 70S CST. LIGHT SW WIND.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON TSTMS.
HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S CST TO THE LOWER 90S INLND. LGT W WIND BECMG
S 10-15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 70S INLND TO THE UPPR
70S CST.

.SAT...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S INLAND (MID 90S INLND S CST ZN) TO THE UPPER 80S
AT THE CST.

.CWF...
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SW WIND 15 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 FT. WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

CCF
CHS ARPT    73/91/74/93
DNTN CHS    76/89/77/90
SAV ARPT    72/92/72/94

VOLKMER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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