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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Charleston, SC

June 2, 2008Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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 2, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA

The radar

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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 2, 7:29 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:29 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:00 AM EDT, 16 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
400 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-031000-
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-
400 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO
THE AREA TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES FROM THE
WEST. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN
ADDITION...MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
521 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

GAZ099-100-022200-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-
521 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CANDLER COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINS LAKE...OR ABOUT
11 MILES NORTH OF METTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND HOPEULIKIT AND PORTAL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH
600 PM EDT.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
530 PM EDT MON JUN 02 2008

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

1234 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W NEVILS              32.27N 81.83W
06/02/2008                   BULLOCH            GA   UTILITY COMPANY

            A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES 4 MILES WEST OF
            NEVILS...GEORGIA.

&&

JRJ
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:56 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham46 min
Jun 2, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong, McIntosh37 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham77 min
Jun 2, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham54 min
Jun 2, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.