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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

May 3, 2002

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special marine warning at May 3, 2002, 9:44 PM EDT. It was in force for 91 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2002, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2002, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 91 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at May 3, 9:10 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 9:10 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
910 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

ZFP:
SUSPECT SVR TSTM WATCH 222 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...DECENT THREAT OF ISOLATED SVR TSTMS
CONTINUES FOR COLLETON...DORCHESTER...BERKELEY AND CHARLESTON
COUNTIES AS CELLS STARTING TO BOW OUT AND VILS STILL SUPPORTIVE
FOR AT LEAST DIME SIZE HAIL.

SFC FRONT IS SAGGING S-SW INTO OUR SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES AND
PRES RISES ARE STRONG ON MSAS.

WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER 10 PM TO UPDATE ZONES. WILL LIKELY ADJUST
POPS AT THAT TIME TO LOWER A BIT IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ANY OTHER
CHANGES WILL BE ON THE FLY AT RELEASE TIME.

CWF:
FLOW GENERALLY HAS A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT THIS EVENING AS WIND
SHIFT WITH FRONT IS UP AROUND GEORGETOWN. WILL LOWER SPEEDS TO
INITIALIZE...OTHERWISE TRENDS LOOK GOOD WITH FLOW SHIFTING TO
N-NE AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTHERN WATERS.

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 8:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
840 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0835 PM    SAINT STEPHEN             SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/02   BERKELEY                       REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	66 min
May 3, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	51 min
May 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	57 min
May 3, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	52 min
May 3, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	42 min
May 3, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min

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.