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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 393

June 13, 200757 counties in Georgia; 34 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 2007, 2:29 PM EDT for 57 counties in Georgia; 34 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2007, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 137 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Screven County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro 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, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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: 20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 5%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	42 min
Jun 13, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	22 min
Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	65 min
Jun 13, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	20 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	38 min
Jun 13, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	55 min
Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	22 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	36 min
Jun 13, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	42 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	37 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	67 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	15 min
Jun 13, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	34 min
Jun 13, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	49 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch	57 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	42 min
Jun 13, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	26 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	23 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	24 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	24 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	33 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	22 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	29 min
Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	30 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Candler	47 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Richmond	62 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	41 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	46 min
Jun 13, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	31 min
Jun 13, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	47 min
Jun 13, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Tattnall	34 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington	50 min
Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	25 min
Jun 13, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 13, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	40 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
Jun 12, 8:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Cobb, Crawford and 20 more	2 hr
Jun 13, 11:01 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 1 more	29 min
Jun 13, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols and 3 more	8 hr
Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 5 more	64 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols and 4 more	64 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bryan, Bulloch and 52 more	94 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2007 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2007 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2007

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.