Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 6:14 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Lancaster County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 7:27 PM EDT, 22 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 7:27 PM EDT, 22 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 7:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 117 min |
| Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.