Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 1:13 PM EDT for Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 15, 2008, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 15, 10:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 10:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:31 AM EDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 431 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-161000- 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- 431 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THE COMBINATION OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A SEA BREEZE...AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY AND PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:49 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1249 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 SCZ043-044-050-151715- CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 1249 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 115 PM EDT... AT 1247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEYLES...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND DELEMAR CROSSROADS AND JACKSONBORO WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 115 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. 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 15, 1:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 110 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 SCZ043>045-049-050-151815- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 110 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LADSON TO NEYLES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUMMERVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALTERBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ASHEPOO...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...COLLEGE PARK... COTTAGEVILLE...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN... JACKSONBORO...KNIGHTSVILLE...LADSON...ROUND O...SANGAREE AND SUMMERVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 215 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 96 min |
| Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Evans, Tattnall | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.