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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Charleston, SC

June 1, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 1, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2008, 12:36 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2299 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 10:56 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:56 PM EDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1056 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE
NORTHWEST TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA EARLY MONDAY...
BEFORE STALLING AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS WEEK. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
INTO THE REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
THE PRIMARY BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL POSITIONED WELL NORTH OF
THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARD
THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS
GEORGIA LATE THIS EVENING WILL HELP TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT PASSES OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
EARLIER CONVECTION. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY IN PLACE
FOR SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED. WILL INDICATE POPS RANGING FROM
SLIGHT CHANCE IN FAR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TO
CHANCE ELSEWHERE.

PLENTY OF DEBRIS CLOUDINESS AND THE SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE
LOWER 70S TO AROUND 70 IN MOST AREAS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
A STRONG SHORT WAVE ALOFT WILL ALLOW A DECAYING BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT TO DROP INTO THE REGION MONDAY MORNING BEFORE BECOMING
WASHED OUT AND INTERMINGLED IN THE SEA BREEZE. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS THE FRONT AND SEA BREEZE
INTERACT AND COLLIDE WITH LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
TODAY/S CONVECTION.

HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 90 ACROSS THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY
AREA TO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FEW CHANGES WERE MADE FROM MONDAY NIGHT ON AS THE 12Z GFS WAS NOT
AVAILABLE AND THE ECMWF WAS OLD.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.MARINE...
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TOWARD THE AREA
TONIGHT...BUT OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS
15-20 KT AT TIMES...HIGHEST ACROSS THE OUTER GEORGIA WATERS. THE
GRADIENT SHOULD WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT...WITH WINDS SPEEDS
DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT. SEAS WILL REMAIN 4 FT OR LESS.

WIND DIRECTIONS STILL WILL BE TRICKY TO START THE DAY MON WITH THE
SURFACE FRONT NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND WIND FIELDS LIKELY
CORRUPTED BY AMPLE OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER
THE GEORGIA WATERS SHOULD WANE EARLY IN THE DAY AND SEAS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. FLOW SHOULD BECOME ONSHORE ALL WATERS LATER
MON WITH SPEEDS 15 KT OR LESS.

TUE THROUGH THU...A SE TO S FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WILL BE THE MAIN
FEATURE. SPEEDS OCNLY ENHANCED BY DIURNAL/PINCHING EFFECTS...BUT
MAINLY NOT DEVIATING FROM 5 KT EITHER SIDE OF 15 KT. SEAS BY THU
COULD INCREASE TO 4 OR 5 FT OVER GEORGIA WATERS WITH LONG FETCH.

&&

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

&&

JAQ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 11:17 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-021000-
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-
1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STONG OR SEVERE...AND CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ANY
THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-
TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THE COMBINATION OF A STALLED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY IS
EXPECTED TO TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHERN SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

JAQ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
817 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0815 PM     HAIL             PINOPOLIS               33.23N 80.04W
06/01/2008  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUSTS WERE ALSO ESTIMATED AROUND 50 MPH.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
828 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0818 PM     HAIL             BONNEAU                 33.31N 79.96W
06/01/2008  E0.75 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

            CALLER ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN
            DOWN. TIME FOR HAIL WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
846 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008

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

0825 PM     HAIL             ALVIN                   33.35N 79.82W
06/01/2008  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   PUBLIC

&&
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

SCZ045-050-020230-
BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-
1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON
COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCK HALL...OR
ABOUT OVER MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND AWENDAW...MCCLELLANVILLE AND CENTENARY WILL BE
IMPACTED THROUGH 1030 PM EDT.

EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. UNPLUG
COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...AND OTHER HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:47 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1147 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

GAZ099-100-114-115-137-138-020430-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL-
1147 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY...EVANS COUNTY...
TATTNALL COUNTY...CANDLER COUNTY...BULLOCH COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY
THROUGH 1230 AM EDT...

AT 1143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINS...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND ALINE...BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN...
COLLINS...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY...
REGISTER AND REIDSVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 1230 AM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston66 min
Jun 1, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jun 1, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston29 min
Jun 1, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS96 min
Jun 2, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJasper50 min
Jun 2, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS118 min
Jun 2, 2:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS119 min
Jun 2, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale29 min
Jun 2, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston36 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper60 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort61 min
Jun 2, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper36 min
Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSHampton, Jasper42 min
Jun 2, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper66 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Hampton65 min
Jun 2, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS33 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler47 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.