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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Charleston, SC

August 4, 2006Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colleton County, SC

The radar

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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 11:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 11:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
400 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-051000-
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-
400 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 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.
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH BEING
THE PRIMARY THREAT. REFER TO THE DAY ONE CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FROM THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.EXCESSIVE HEAT...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE
HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM 105 TO 114 DEGREES TODAY. A HEAT ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM EDT. REFER TO
THE LATEST NON-PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JRL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:04 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:09 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
318 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

GAZ100-041945-
BULLOCH-
318 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM
EDT...

AT 318 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STILSON...OR ABOUT
9 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
BROOKLET...DENMARK...LEEFIELD...NEVILS AND STILSON THROUGH 345 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:21 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
321 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             5 NE CHARLESTON         32.83N 79.88W
08/04/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FRONT OF TRIDENT
            COLLEGE.

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS59 min
Aug 4, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS47 min
Aug 4, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham45 min
Aug 4, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSTattnall38 min
Aug 4, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS49 min
Aug 4, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS60 min
Aug 4, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston48 min
Aug 4, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley47 min
Aug 4, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.