Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 372
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 21, 2006, 1:22 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; 30 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2006, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2006, 6:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 36 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 21 min |
| May 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 39 min |
| May 21, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 21, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 45 min |
| May 21, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 35 min |
| May 21, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 54 min |
| May 21, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 60 min |
| May 21, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 35 min |
| May 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 47 min |
| May 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 48 min |
| May 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 55 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| May 21, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 30 min |
| May 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 31 min |
| May 21, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 50 min |
| May 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 35 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 23 more | 28 min |
| May 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 18 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 12:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 23 more | 88 min |
| May 21, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 55 min |
| May 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 55 min |
| May 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Cherokee and 27 more | 66 min |
| May 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Charleston, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield and 13 more | 89 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.