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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, SC

July 21, 2008Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this heat advisory at Jul 21, 2008, 3:50 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 21, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2008, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2008, 7:23 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 21, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:02 PM EDT, 11 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	33 min
Jul 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	23 hr
Jul 21, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Hampton	47 min
Jul 21, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	62 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.