Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 217
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 30, 2005, 9:40 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2005, 9:40 AM EDT (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties
Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC, City of Danville, VA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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.
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 61 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Floyd | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 15 more | 93 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 94 more | 94 min |
| Apr 30, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 67 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan and 19 more | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Graham | 97 min |
| Apr 30, 2:08 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Graham | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 9:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 43 more | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 11:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 15 more | 118 min |
| Apr 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven and 14 more | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Graham | 95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.