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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Charleston, SC
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
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 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 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.
&&
JRJLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 77 min |
| Jun 2, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven | 57 min |
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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.