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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Charleston, SC

April 19, 2006Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2006, 4:16 PM EDT for Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2006, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 4:42 PM EDT	HAIL 1	13 N Darien, GA	QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT CAMPGROUND ON I-95.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KCHS 192016
SVRCHS
GAC183-191-192115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0035.060419T2016Z-060419T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
416 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF JONES...OR ABOUT OVER HINESVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  JONES...
  SOUTH NEWPORT...
  TOWNSEND...
  PINE HARBOR AND EULONIA...
  CRESCENT AND VALONA...

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3131 8138 3179 8173 3180 8172 3180 8166
      3164 8144 3165 8128 3159 8120 3153 8131
      3154 8126 3149 8129 3149 8127 3154 8119
      3152 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8128
      3131 8133 3130 8131 3130 8130 3130 8130

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 192031
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
431 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC183-191-192115-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060419T2115Z/
LONG-MCINTOSH-
431 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR LONG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR JONES...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CARNIGAN...CRESCENT...EULONIA...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...
RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...
TOWNSEND AND VALONA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3131 8138 3179 8173 3180 8172 3180 8166
      3164 8144 3165 8128 3159 8120 3153 8131
      3154 8126 3149 8129 3149 8127 3154 8119
      3152 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8128
      3131 8133 3130 8131 3130 8130 3130 8130

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 192046
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
444 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC183-191-192115-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060419T2115Z/
LONG-MCINTOSH-
444 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR LONG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EULONIA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH
OF DARIEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CARNIGAN...CRESCENT...EULONIA...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...
RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...
TOWNSEND AND VALONA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED 13 MILES NORTH OF DARIEN
ALONG INTERSTATE 95 WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3131 8138 3179 8173 3180 8172 3180 8166
      3164 8144 3165 8128 3159 8120 3153 8131
      3154 8126 3149 8129 3149 8127 3154 8119
      3152 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8128
      3131 8133 3130 8131 3130 8130 3130 8130

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 192058
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
456 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC183-192106-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060419T2115Z/
LONG-
456 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LONG COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 454 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3132 8138 3134 8137 3134 8140 3157 8157
      3168 8150 3164 8144 3165 8127 3159 8121
      3154 8131 3154 8126 3150 8130 3148 8128
      3153 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8129

$$

GAC191-192115-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060419T2115Z/
MCINTOSH-
456 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY...

AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CARNIGAN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CARNIGAN...CRESCENT...EULONIA...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...
RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...
TOWNSEND AND VALONA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3132 8138 3134 8137 3134 8140 3157 8157
      3168 8150 3164 8144 3165 8127 3159 8121
      3154 8131 3154 8126 3150 8130 3148 8128
      3153 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8129

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 192116
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
515 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAC191-192125-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060419T2115Z/
MCINTOSH-
515 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM EDT...

AT 514 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM
RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO
IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3132 8138 3134 8137 3134 8140 3157 8157
      3168 8150 3164 8144 3165 8127 3159 8121
      3154 8131 3154 8126 3150 8130 3148 8128
      3153 8118 3138 8127 3138 8131 3133 8129

$$

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 Apr 19, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
255 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT/...CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVING
DOWN ON NW FLOW WILL LIKELY CLEAR THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING WITH SOME PARTIAL CLEARING BEHIND LINE.  WITH THE RAIN...AND
PARTIAL CLEARING...WENT WITH AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
KEPT FAIRLY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE LOW TEMPS MAINLY IN THE MID 50S.
VARIABLE WINDS ACROSS THE CWA WITH ALL THE CONVECTION.  AFTER THE
CONVECTION PUSHES THROUGH...LOOK FOR A NORTHEAST WIND BY MORNING AS
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES IN.  MOST OF TOMORROW LOOKS VERY NICE WITH
A REBOUND OF TEMPS BACK INTO THE LOWER 80S.  ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL
MOVE THROUGH LATE TOMORROW AND MAINLY AFFECT THE FAR WESTERN ZONES.
HAVE INPUT SOME 20 POP THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THU NIGHT.  MOST
OF THE ENERGY AND BEST MOISTURE LOOKS TO STAY OVER THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...HIGH PRES WILL SLIDE OFFSHORE
FRI MRNG WHILE A LOW PRES CENTER SPINS UP OVR THE LWR MISS VLY. THIS
LOW PRES CENTER WILL THEN GAIN QUICK IMPETUS TO SHOOT OFF TO THE NE
ARND A LARGE CUTOFF LOW CENTERED OVR THE GREAT LAKES. AS THIS SYS
MOVES NE ACRS THE OH VLY...ITS TRAILING CDFNT WILL APCH THE CWFA SAT
AND CROSS OVR THE AREA SAT NIGHT. A NARROW LINE OF DEEP MOISTURE AND
STRONG LIFT WILL ACCOMPANY THE CDFNT ALONG THE LEADING EDGE...LIKELY
CONTAINING BOTH SHWRS AND TSTMS. MODELS CONTINUE TO NARROW THE
TIMING OF HEAVIEST ACTIVITY TO THE SATURDAY DAYTIME PERIOD SO HAVE
UPPED POPS TO 50...SURROUNDED BY SLGT CHC POPS FRI-FRI NGT AND SAT
NGT. THE FNTL BNDRY PUSHES OFFSHORE SUN FOLLOWED BY A DRYING OUT
HIGH PRESSURE AIRMASS THAT WILL REMAIN OVR THE AREA THRU TUE.

DESPITE THE COLD FROPA...TEMPS WILL NOT VARY MUCH FROM THE END OF
THIS WEEK TO THE START OF NEXT WEEK AND REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. MAX
TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 80S WHILE MIN TEMPS WILL RANGE
FROM THE UPR 50S TO THE LOW 60S.

&&

.MARINE...WILL MENTION CONVECTION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON
THE COASTAL WATERS...MAINLY FOR THE GA ZONES.  LIGHT WINDS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS CONVECTION ROLLS
THROUGH.  WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE WATERS OVERNIGHT
AND THIS HIGH WILL SHIFT E AND SE ON THU VEERING THE WINDS FROM NE
TO THE SE BY THU AFTERNOON.  SLIGHT SPEED INCREASE NEAR THE BEACHES
WITH A SEABREEZE BUT OVERALL THE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN WEAK.

HIGH PRES OFFSHORE WITH APCHG CDFNT WELL INLAND WILL KEEP S-SW FLOW
OVR THE WATERS THRU SAT NGT. OCNL TIGHT PRES GRADIENTS FRI-SAT NGT
MAY BRING WIND SPEEDS NEAR 20 KT...BUT PREVAILING WIND SPEEDS LOOK
TO REMAIN CLOSER TO 15 KT AND THUS BELOW SCA CRITERIA. FROPA THROUGH
THE WATERS LOOKS TO OCCUR LATE SUN... ALLOWING WINDS TO SLOWLY VEER
TO THE W AND NW SUN NGT THRU MON NGT. BEHIND THE CDFNT...CAA WILL BE
LACKING THUS WIND SPEEDS WILL AGAIN REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA LEVELS.
SIMILARLY...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL ALSO REMAIN IN CHECK WITH WAVE HEIGHTS
FOR ALL MARINE ZONES WITHIN 20 NM REMAINING AOB 4 FT WHILE THE OUTER
GA WATERS MAY AT TIMES CREEP UP TO 5 FT.

&&

.AVIATION...SEVERAL LINES OF SHWRS/TSTMS WILL IMPACT EACH TERMINAL
THRU 22Z THIS AFTN. LOOKING AT UPSTREAM OBS...VSBYS DROPPED TO IFR
WHILE CIGS DROPPED TO MVFR. HAVE CARRIED THIS IDEA INTO BOTH KCHS
AND KSAV IN THE FORM OF TEMPO GROUPS. THE ACTIVITY ON KCLX RADAR IS
STRONGER NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER MOVG TWD KSAV WHILE THE ACTIVITY
CLOSER TO KOGB MOVG TWD KCHS IS LESS INTENSE. HAVE KEPT KCHS AOA
MVFR CATEGORY BUT HAVE DROPPED KSAV INTO THE IFR CATEGORY DUE TO
VSBYS. THE FIRST LINE WENT THRU KSAV ARND 18Z AND DID IN FACT DROP
VSBYS TO 1 3/4 SM...THUS AM THINKING SAME WILL OCCUR WITH NEXT LINE
BETWEEN KAGS AND KSAV. ONCE THE TSTMS PUSH THRU...MVFR CIGS WILL
REMAIN THRU THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HRS FOLLOWED BY DEGRADING CIGS
AS BLYR WINDS DROP OFF WHILE SFC MOISTURE BECOMES TRAPPED UNDER THE
NIGHTLY INVERSION. WITH MOISTURE ENHANCED DUE TO RAINFALL...OVRNGT
FOG LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. HAVE INCLUDED MVFR VSBYS DURG THE OVRNGT
HRS AT BOTH AIRPORTS FOLLOWED BY VFR CONDS LATE TMRW MRNG.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

JPC/PY

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1220 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-201000-
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-
1220 PM EDT WED APR 19 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH A DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND DAY 1 CONVECTIVE
OUTLOOK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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

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

JPC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
203 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAZ088-SCZ040-042-043-191845-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-SCREVEN-
203 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY...ALLENDALE
COUNTY...HAMPTON COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 203 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILE NORTHWEST OF DENMARK TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNWELL
TO 17 MILE EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
MILLETT..MARTIN...BALDOCK...AVERILL...MILLHAVEN...APPLETON...
HILLTONIA...ULMER...SEIGLING AND SYCAMORE THROUGH 245 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, Apr 19, 2:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
211 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAZ087-100-191900-
BULLOCH-JENKINS-
211 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BULLOCH COUNTY AND JENKINS COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 211 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES WEST OF SCARBORO...OR ABOUT 6
MILES SOUTH OF MILLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SCARBORO...FOUR
POINTS...HOPEULIKIT...BLITCH...WESTCHESTER...WESTBROOKE...
STATESBORO...HUNTINGTON...DEERFIELD AND CLITO 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, Apr 19, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
223 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAZ101-191930-
EFFINGHAM-
223 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...

AT 223 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF KILDARE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND OAKY...KILDARE...
EGYPT...ARDMORE...SHAWNEE...TUSCULUM...LORENZO...SPRINGFIELD...GUYTON
AND CLYO THROUGH 330 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.

Local storm report, Apr 19, 3:18 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
318 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

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

0251 PM     HAIL             8 N SPRINGFIELD         32.49N 81.38W
04/19/2006  E0.50 INCH       EFFINGHAM          GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PAY

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
335 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAZ116>119-SCZ048-051-192015-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND
BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-
335 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JASPER COUNTY...BEAUFORT
COUNTY...BRYAN COUNTY AND CHATHAM COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PEMBROKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WHEAT HILL...TUTENS...
WILLIAMS...PORT WENTWORTH...POOLER...ELLABELL...BLOOMINGDALE...MYRTLE
ISLAND...HAMER AND GARDEN CITY THROUGH 415 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, Apr 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
349 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

GAZ137-138-192015-
INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-
349 PM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 349 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
5 MILES EAST OF GLENNVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF CLAXTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND
TRINITY...GUM BRANCH...HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON...CREEK
ISLAND...LUDOWICI...FLEMING...AIMAR AND WILDWOOD THROUGH 415 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.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
Apr 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty	35 min
Apr 19, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	33 min
Apr 19, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
Apr 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.