Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT for Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 28, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 230 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-291000- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 230 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .EXCESSIVE HEAT...HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 95 TO 100 AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST COMBINED WITH HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 THIS AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE LATEST NON-PRECIPITATION STATEMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT A FEW SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL 1 NW GETTYSVILLE 32.91N 80.38W
07/28/2006 M1.00 INCH DORCHESTER SC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER HAIL HAS JUST STOPPED.
&&
STSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 3:32 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 332 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 SCZ045-282000- BERKELEY- 332 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOOREFIELD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF MONCKS CORNER. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HUSSERTOWN THROUGH 400 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 311. 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, Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:49 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2006Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.