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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Charleston, SC

June 28, 2006Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2006, 4:18 PM EDT for Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 28, 2006, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 11:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
159 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

GAZ088-SCZ040-281900-
ALLENDALE-SCREVEN-
159 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY AND ALLENDALE
COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 159 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BALDOCK TO 9 MILES WEST OF MILBURY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENDALE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF SYLVANIA...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...ALLENDALE...APPLETON...BARTON...FAIRFAX...MARTIN...
SEIGLING...SYCAMORE AND ULMER THROUGH 300 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
259 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

SCZ040-042-043-282000-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
259 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ALLENDALE COUNTY...
NORTHERN HAMPTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM
EDT...

AT 259 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSELLE TO 5 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF HAMPTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...JENNYS...BRUNSON...GIFFORD...HAMPTON...ALMEDA...MILEY...
ASHTON...ISLANDTON...WILLIAMS...SMOAKS AND STOKES THROUGH 400 PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
309 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

SCZ044-045-050-282000-
BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-
309 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST BERKELEY
COUNTY...SOUTHEAST DORCHESTER COUNTY AND INLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 309 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER HANAHAN...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GOOSE CREEK...SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...CHARLESTON
AIRPORT...COLLEGE PARK...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN AND LADSON THROUGH 400
PM EDT.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AS
VISIBILITIES WILL BE RAPIDLY REDUCED AND ROADWAYS WILL BE SLIPPERY
AND SUBJECT TO PONDING OF WATER QUICKLY.

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:27 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:58 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:02 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins	43 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, McIntosh	55 min
Jun 28, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham	37 min
Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	65 min
Jun 28, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	41 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm 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.