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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

August 2, 2006Effingham County, Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 2, 2006, 3:51 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 3, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2006, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 7:25 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Effingham County, GA, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 4:26 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningCHSEffingham16 hr
Aug 2, 4:26 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more16 hr
Aug 2, 3:51 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more28 hr
Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton26 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in South Carolina, 2006Excessive Heat Warnings in Georgia, 2006Every excessive heat warning in 2006

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.