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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 12:51 AM EDT for Allendale County, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 5, 2008, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allendale County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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 Jul 4, 9:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 9:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 411 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-051000- 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- 411 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVEN BECOME SEVERE...BRIEFLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 5, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 91 min |
| Jul 5, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 43 min | |
| Jul 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 53 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.