Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT for Colleton County, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCHS 152357
SVRCHS
SCC029-049-160100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0025.080315T2356Z-080316T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
756 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 752 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE HALL TO LURAY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTERBORO TO HAMPTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
ALMEDA...LENA...
EARLY BRANCH...
YEMASSEE...WHITE HALL...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE NEAR THEIR PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3283 8125 3286 8094 3266 8058 3263 8066
3266 8067 3270 8083 3263 8090 3263 8093
3265 8096 3268 8094 3275 8100 3266 8113
3281 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 321DEG 50KT 3282 8074 3279 8111
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KCHS 160029
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
828 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
SCC029-049-160100-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080316T0100Z/
HAMPTON SC-COLLETON SC-
828 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COLLETON AND CENTRAL HAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF ALMEDA TO 7
MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMPTON TO
15 MILES SOUTH OF ALLENDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALMEDA...
CUMMINGS...EARLY BRANCH...LENA...LURAY...MCPHERSONVILLE...WHITE HALL
AND YEMASSEE.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3283 8125 3286 8094 3266 8058 3263 8066
3266 8067 3270 8083 3263 8090 3263 8093
3265 8096 3268 8094 3275 8100 3266 8113
3281 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 321DEG 50KT 3287 8100 3275 8133
$$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 Mar 15, 7:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 7:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
756 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE REGION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE TOWARD MID
WEEK...FOLLOWED BY A RETURN OF HIGH PRES BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
PER COORDINATION WITH SPC...EXPANDED PDS TORNADO WATCH SOUTH INTO
ALL SE SC COUNTIES AND INTO SE GA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-16.
AS OF EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...MULTIPLE SUPERCELLS WERE
PUSHING INTO TORNADO WATCH AREA. SCENARIO CONTINUES TO APPEAR
DANGEROUS...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...VERY
LARGE HAIL PERHAPS REACHING GOLF BALL SIZE OR LARGER...AND
STRONG/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 70 MPH THIS EVENING.
HAIL....
SIGNIFICANT COOLING WITH HEIGHT ABOVE A LOW LVL INVERSION AND
ROTATING UPDRAFTS FAVOR LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. DRY AIR ALOFT
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AROUND
-7.5C...ALLOWING TEMPS TO COOL TO -17C AT THE 500MB. COOLING OF
THIS SIGNIFICANCE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAPE...404
J/KG...IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE. WITH CAPE VALUES OF THIS MAGNITUDE
AND WBZ HEIGHTS AND FREEZING LVLS OF 8K FT AND 10.5K FT
RESPECTFULLY...HAIL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION FOR SEVERAL AREAS...AND HAD ALREADY BEEN OCCURRING
UPSTREAM SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
WIND....
TREMENDOUS DAMAGING DOWNBURST/MICROBURST POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON
AND DEVELOPMENT ENHANCES. DRY MID LVL AIR ASSOCIATED WITH AN
INVERSION WILL ENHANCE EVAPORATIONAL COOLING DURING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AND PROMOTE STRONG DOWNBURST POTENTIAL...LEADING TO
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DCAPE VALUES AROUND 750
J/KG SUGGEST DOWNBURST POTENTIAL AS WELL...ESPECIALLY DURING
HEAVIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ADDITIONALLY TO SOUNDING DATA...THE
EFFECTS OF DRY AIR ARE CURRENTLY SEEN UPSTREAM AS THE MCS
CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THIS DRYER AIR AND IS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP
INTO MORE DISCRETE TYPE CELLS.
OUTSIDE THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG/PERSISTENT PRESSURE FALLS N/NW OF
THE REGION WILL SUPPORT SW WINDS SUSTAINED 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AT LEAST 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUS...ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR ALL COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM.
TORNADOES....
REGION OF 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY 300-500 M2/S2 WAS FOLLOWING
IMPRESSIVE SUPERCELLS TOWARD TORNADO WATCH 120. THUS...THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES THIS EVENING.
LFCS/LCLS BELOW 1000M TO BE INCORPORATED IN THUNDERSTORM
UPDRAFTS.
SIGNIFICANT DRY AIR IS SWEEPING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS SEEN IN WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY. AT THIS POINT...HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS FOR
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
FORECAST AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AND
CONTINUING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR
ORGANIZED SUPER CELLS AND BOW ECHOES CONTINUE TO BE
EVIDENT...INCLUDING AMPLE INSTABILITY...STRONG WIND PROFILE AND
SHORTWAVE ENERGY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE
MCS ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND NC FOR FURTHER ENHANCEMENT...AS
DEVELOPING STORMS ALONG THE TRAILING LINE MAY CARRY THE BEST
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE CHS FORECAST AREA.
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASSAGE BY 12Z SUNDAY.
HAVE ENDED ALL PRECIP/TSTM CHANCES BEFORE DAYBREAK SUNDAY. BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT WHILE A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET
PASSES OVER THE REGION.
LAKE WINDS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING...AS
THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SURGE UP TO 20 KT OVER THE LAKE...WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 KT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH BEHIND THE
DEPARTING COLD FRONT. NO SIGNIFICANT COLD ADVECTION IS EXPECTED
BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY. RAPIDLY DRYING CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW
FOR FULL SUNSHINE BY THE AFTERNOON. SUNNY SKIES COMBINED WITH SOME
DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE LOWER
70S NORTH TO THE MID 70S SOUTH. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITHIN AN
ENHANCE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW SYSTEM OFFSHORE AND THE
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST.
LAKE WINDS...LOW LEVEL JET WILL DECREASE SUNDAY MORNING...THUS
LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE BY NOON.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SPRAWLING HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED WELL NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
PROVIDE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
WILL PASS NW OF THE REGION AND WILL PULL A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
AREA AROUND MIDWEEK. UPPER RIDGING ALONG THE SE COAST SHOULD LIMIT
PRECIP POTENTIAL WITHIN THE WAA REGIME IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...THUS LIMITED THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/
THUNDERSTORMS TO WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO...IF THE COLD FRONT
AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION IS DELAYED UNTIL LATER WEDNESDAY...
TEMPERATURES COULD PUSH TO AROUND 80F AT MANY INLAND LOCATIONS.
THEN...LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED
MOISTURE WILL HAVE CLEARED THE REGION BY THURSDAY...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE THE MAIN FEATURE INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES AND HAIL ARE QUICKLY
MOVING EAST TOWARD KCHS THIS HOUR. HAVE ADDED A TWO-HOUR TEMPO
GROUP TO THE 00Z KCHS TAF TO INDICATE TSTMS BETWEEN 00Z AND
02Z...AS THESE STORMS COULD BE AT THE TERMINAL WITHIN AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL...IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS AND IFR VSBYS. STORMS ARE
REMAINING NORTH AND WEST OF KSAV AT THIS POINT...SO HAVE ONLY
MENTIONED CB IN THE 00Z KSAV TAF. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR
TRENDS AND MAKE NECESSARY UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
FEEL THAT CIGS WILL MOSTLY BE VFR DURING THE FIRST 12 HOURS...WITH
MVFR CIGS BRIEFLY POSSIBLE NEAR TSTMS. AFTER THIS LINE OF STORMS
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE. STILL EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT...AFTER WHICH WEST WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 TO 15 KT AT
BOTH TERMINALS. WIND SHEAR LOOKS MARGINAL AND WILL BE HIGHLY
DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH SPEEDS DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS.
CLEAR SKIES SUNDAY WILL ALLOW FOR IDEAL MIXING INTO A LINGERING 20
TO 25 KT LOW LEVEL JET DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
THUS GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESUME AFTER SUNRISE.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TUE. MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WED WITH THE NEXT
STORM SYSTEM. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.MARINE...
S/SW WINDS CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE IN RESPONSE TO PERSISTENT/STRONG
PRESSURE FALLS INLAND. CONTINUED THE GALE WARNING FOR CHS HARBOR
UNTIL 11 PM...AND UPGRADED SCAS TO GALE WARNINGS FOR ALL COASTAL
WATERS OUTSIDE THE HARBOR UNTIL 4 AM. POST COLD FROPA WINDS MAY
DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE...BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN THIS
TIMING...AS THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MAY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
GALE FORCE GUSTS INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE SUNDAY MORNING...AND ALL
ADVISORIES FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS WILL END BY NOON. OFFSHORE
GEORGIA MAY SEE MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...MAINLY IN SEAS.
AFTER A LULL IN WINDS/SEAS SUNDAY EVENING...12Z GUIDANCE CONTINUES
TO INSIST THAT THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ON THE
S/SE PERIPHERY OF THE SPRAWLING HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN THE
COAST...AND SCA WINDS/SEAS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTER
GEORGIA WATERS OVERNIGHT. ACROSS NEARSHORE WATERS...NE WINDS 15-20
KT AND SEAS 3-5 FT WILL ALSO BECOME COMMON. THEN...THESE ELEVATED
WINDS/SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST/ALL OF MONDAY...BEFORE HIGH
PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED CLOSER TO THE COASTAL WATERS.
THEN...WINDS/SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA THRESHOLDS MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THEN...S WINDS WILL SURGE INTO THE WATERS
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS WILL BECOME COMMON...AND GALES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
THEN...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS SHOULD TAPER OFF THURSDAY.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR GAZ087-088-099>101.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ087-088-
099>101-114>119-137>141.
SC...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ040-042>045-
047>051.
MARINE...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR AMZ330-350-352.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR AMZ350-352-354-374.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ330.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 7:25 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 GAZ114>119-137>141-161000- TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- COASTAL MCINTOSH- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. SCZ045-161000- BERKELEY- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 120 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. AMZ350-352-161000- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 120 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. AMZ354-374-161000- 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- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER...UNTIL 1 AM TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS EXCEEDING 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. GAZ087-088-099>101-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-161000- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 120 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. TORNADO WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO SUPPORT A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. AMZ330-161000- CHARLESTON HARBOR- 725 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 120 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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, Mar 15, 5:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 538 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 SCZ043-044-152230- DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 538 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGTOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF WALTERBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CANADYS...COLLETON...DORCHESTER...HARLEYVILLE... PADGETTS...REEVESVILLE...RIDGEVILLE...ROUND O...RUFFIN...SAINT GEORGE...SMOAKS...WALTERBORO AND WILLIAMS WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 630 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 GAZ088-SCZ040-042-152315- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-SCREVEN- 629 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY...ALLENDALE COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTMAN...OR ABOUT OVER SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ESTILL...FURMAN...SCOTIA...ALTMAN...CAPTOLO... HUNTERS AND SYLVANIA WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 715 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:41 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
741 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG ALLENDALE 33.01N 81.31W
03/15/2008 ALLENDALE SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN IN THEIR YARD AT 56 MAIN
STREET IN ALLENDALE.
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DPBLocal storm report, Mar 15, 7:43 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
743 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG MARTIN 33.07N 81.48W
03/15/2008 ALLENDALE SC PUBLIC
TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE AREA AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE MARTIN AREA.
ALSO HAIL TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE.
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DPBLocal storm report, Mar 15, 7:46 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
746 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0744 PM HAIL ASHTON 33.02N 80.97W
03/15/2008 E0.88 INCH COLLETON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
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33The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 63 min |
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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.