Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 8:39 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 23, 2008, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 23, 7:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 7:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 323 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 AMZ354-374-GAZ099>101-114>119-137>141-241000- 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-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 323 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTING WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...THE SEA BREEZE...A COLD FRONT AND LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF QUARTER SIZE...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY UNTIL AROUND 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AMZ330-350-352-GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-241000- 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-JENKINS-SCREVEN- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 323 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 651 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 SCZ044-045-050-232315- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER- 651 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTOE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON AIRPORT...COLLEGE PARK...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...JEDBURG...KNIGHTSVILLE...LADSON...SANGAREE AND SUMMERVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 715 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 712 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 SCZ040-042-043-232345- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- 712 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALLENDALE COUNTY...HAMPTON COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JENNYS AND 8 MILES WEST OF RUFFIN...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ASHTON...BRUNSON...COLLETON...CROCKETVILLE... ISLANDTON...LODGE...MILEY...PADGETTS...RUFFIN...SMOAKS AND WILLIAMS WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 745 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.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:42 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Jun 23, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 113 min | |
| Jun 23, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 117 min | |
| Jun 23, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 115 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.