Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, SC

June 3, 2003Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2003, 5:50 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2003, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colleton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KCHS 032151
SVRCHS
SCC013-053-032245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHARD...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF   
SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  HARDEEVILLE...
  PRITCHARDVILLE AND PRITCHARD...
  BLUFFTON AND JASPER...
  GRAHAMVILLE...
  OLD HOUSE...

THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY IN 
GEORGIA PRIOR TO 545 PM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3225 8113 3216 8111 3210 8107 3233 8048
          3259 8064 3269 8083

$$

PM

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 Jun 3, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED ISSUANCE TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

PUBLIC...
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER OUR FA LATER THIS
AFTN AND TONIGHT. STRONG INSTABILITY HAD SPREAD UP THE SAVANNAH
RIVER AT MID AFTN AND THE FIRST LINE OF CONVECTION WAS MOVING
INTO THIS REGION. A SECONDARY SHORT WAVE WAS ORGANIZING OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THIS SHOULD KEEP CONVECTIVE RNFL GOING
OVERNIGHT. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS GOING ALL ZONES TONIGHT.

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO RIDE NE ALONG THE COAST ON WED BRINGING
GOOD CHCS OF MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS...PROBABLY MORE WIDESPREAD
ALONG THE COASTAL ZONES. AFTER WED...THE ETA TRIES TO DRY US OUT
BUT THE GFS INDICATES YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRAVEL THE
WRN EDGE OF THE ATLC RIDGE ALG THE COAST. WILL GO WITH 30 POP
INLAND 40 COAST ON THU...COMPROMISING THE GFS LIKELY POPS VS.
THE ETA SLIGHT CHC.

LATTER PERIODS WILL HAVE LITTLE CHANGE WITH AFTN/EVENING CHCS
OF TSTMS SAT AND SUN...DRYING OUT AND WARMING UP MON AND TUE.

MARINE...SRLY FLOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. FRONT
WEST OF THE AREA SHOULD MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE WATERS THU
WHEN IT SHOULD BE JUST TO THE N. WEAK WAVES TO MOVE NE ALONG THE
BNDRY THU AND FRI THEN DISSIPATE FRI NIGHT WELL N OF THE AREA. DO
NOT EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

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

24/18

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 10:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-031615-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1025 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS....THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE
THE MAIN THREATS. REFER TO THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

.RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND
BURTONS FERRY AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT EDEN. REFER TO THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
AFOREMENTIONED RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEK. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER
FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SCZ042-043-047-048-032115-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...
BEAUFORT COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 439 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM NORTHERN
HAMPTON COUNTY SOUTH TO CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. LOCATIONS FROM HAMPTON AND
RIDGELAND...NORTHEAST TO ISLANDTON AND YEMASSEE CAN EXPECT STRONG
STORMS IN THE NEXT HOUR.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

GAZ101-118-032115-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
447 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND CHATHAM
COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 447 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LORENZO TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGDALE...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
SPRINGFIELD...SHAWNEE...PINEORA...MARLOW...LORENZO...GUYTON AND
EGYPT THROUGH 515 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

PM

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:59 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

GAZ116-117-119-138-139-032130-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
459 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRYAN COUNTY...CHATHAM COUNTY AND
LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HALFMOON LANDING...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINESVILLE TO 22
MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
WILLIE...WILDWOOD...SCREVEN FORK...RICEBORO...MILL
CREEK...MCINTOSH...HINESVILLE AND HALFMOON LANDING THROUGH 530 PM
EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

PM

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SCZ047-048-051-032145-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
516 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY AND BEAUFORT COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 516 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEVY...OR ABOUT
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LEVY...DAUFUSKIE
ISLAND...PRITCHARDVILLE...PRITCHARD...MYRTLE ISLAND...BRIGHTON
BEACH...BLUFFTON AND RIVERDALE THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN
BE EXPECTED.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

GAZ116-118-119-032145-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
519 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRYAN COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 519 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
MEINHARD TO 7 MILES WEST OF BURROUGHS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY
ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SAVANNAH TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
MEINHARD...BURROUGHS...SAVANNAH...WILLIAMS...SKIDAWAY ISLAND AND RIO
VISTA THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

PM

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SCZ043-032215-

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
541 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT COLLETON COUNTY AND THE GREATER
WALTERBORO AREA THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 541 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENDERSONVILLE...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
HENDERSONVILLE...THAYER...DRAWDY...WALTERBORO...RHODES CROSSROADS...
SIDNEY...ROUND O AND HIOTTS THROUGH 615 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		94 min
Jun 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		95 min
Jun 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		95 min
Jun 3, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	54 min
Jun 3, 6:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Colleton	43 min
Jun 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	62 min
Jun 3, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		82 min
Jun 3, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	29 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	63 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.