Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

Jul 17, 1997, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

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WUUS1 KCHS 172301 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC013-180000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
658 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
CHARLESTON RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF BLUFFTON. THE
STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WILL
AFFECT BLUFFTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND PERHAPS FRIPP AND HUNTING
ISLANDS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
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 25 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 South Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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