Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2000, 3:00 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 11, 2000, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berkeley County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Goose Creek, SC | Large limbs down. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 11, 12:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 12:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1212 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000 WILL UPDATE FCST THS AFTN FOR HEAT ADVISORY. INDICES ALREADY OVER 105 ALONG THE COAST AND EXPECT THEM TO REMAIN IN 105 TO 115 RANGE THRU THE AFTN UNTIL TSRA MOVE THRU. KEY TO THIS IS 75 TO 80 DEGREE DEWPOINTS FOR 1ST TIER OF COUNTIES IN SC IN 1ST AND 2ND TIERS IN SE GA. WELL INLAND DEWPOINTS LWR...SO WL NOT ISSUE HEAT ADVISORY THERE. UPDATE ON? THE WAY. .CHS... SC...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON SCZ047-050. GA...HEAT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON GAZ101-116>119-137>141. WOODWORTH N
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 10:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>050-120000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC 1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2000 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE REGION AND INTERACT WITH THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS THROUGHOUT THE AREA...THEN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. WOODWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 23 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.