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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 Jul 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 200 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS INLAND AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... THE WEATHER PATTERN IS VERY SIMILAR TO MONDAY...WITH ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH INLAND. MODELS INDICATE ONLY WEAK AREAS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY...AS BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTH. AS A RESULT...CONVECTION WILL AGAIN BE DRIVEN BY MAINLY THE SEABREEZE PROGRESSION AND MESOSCALE BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. FIRST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE DAY DEVELOPED AROUND NOON...ONCE THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE AROUND 87 DEGREES WAS REACHED. ONGOING POP SCHEME IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE APPEARS ON TRACK...HIGHEST FROM SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY SOUTH TO METTER AND DARIEN. CONVECTIVE CHECKLIST AND 12Z CHS SOUNDING ALREADY INDICATE HIGH PWAT VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES AND CAPE VALUES ABOVE 3000 J/KG. THUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THE MAIN HAZARDS. HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST. EXPECT DEWPOINTS TO POOL BACK INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S BEHIND THE SEABREEZE ALONG THE LOWER SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CHARLESTON METRO AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THESE LOCATIONS WILL REACH THE 104 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE FOR AT LEAST 2 TO 3 HOURS...SO WILL MAINTAIN THE HEAT ADVISORY FROM 12 PM UNTIL 7 PM. SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED...AS AREAS AROUND DANIEL ISLAND AND CAINHOY COULD REACH ADVISORY LEVEL VALUES. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...AS INSTABILITY WANES WITH THE LOSS OF INSOLATION. WILL MAINTAIN 30-40 PERCENT POPS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN DROP POPS BELOW 20 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S WELL INLAND TO THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AT THE BEACHES. MORE OF THE SAME FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AGAIN COVERAGE WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON MESOSCALE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS SO 30-40 PERCENT POPS LOOK GOOD. IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY DAY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER POOLING OF DEWPOINTS ALONG THE LOWER SOUTH CAROLINA COAST RESULTING IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 104-108 ALONG THE COAST FROM COASTAL JASPER UP THROUGH EASTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES. ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEARLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW OVER THE E U.S...AN EAST COAST UPPER TROF REDEVELOPS BY THURSDAY AS A DEEP LAYER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE W CENT U.S.. THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WETTEST DAY OF THE PERIOD AS THE RETURN OF A MID AN UPPER LEVEL TROF COINCIDES WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE. HAVE MAINTAINED THE TREND OF CLIMO TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO POPS FOR DIURNALLY CONVECTION...FOCUSING WITHIN THE SEA BREEZE TROF AND SYNOPTIC SCALE LEE TROF...NEAR AND JUST INLAND OF THE ATLC COAST. MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER AFTER THURSDAY WITH TIMING OF MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WNW AS A DEEP LAYER RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY AND MID ATLC COAST. HAVE TRENDED POPS DOWNWARD BEGINNING FRI...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE COASTAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS INDICATE VERY DRY CONDITIONS FOR SAT...FORECAST IS STILL ABOVE GUIDANCE...GIVEN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST RUN SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT LOWERING OF THE MEAN RH. THE RIDGE SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD...GENERALLY CENTERED OVER THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HAVE GONE WITH ONLY 20-30 PERCENT POPS SAT-MON...WHICH MAY BE TOO HIGH IF RECENT DRIER MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION AROUND NOONTIME. EXPECT CURRENT SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS TO EVENTUALLY INTENSIFY INTO MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS AT BOTH TAF SITES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING TIMING AND DURATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...CONSIDERING THE MORE RANDOM NATURE OF DIURNAL SUMMERTIME CONVECTION. EXPECT PREVAILING SCATTERED VFR CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH BRIEF BROKEN MVFR CEILINGS AND VSBYS POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY CONVECTION. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY AS THE SEABREEZE DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON. INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY. A FEW MID LEVEL CLOUDS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY CLEARING OVERNIGHT. EXPECT A SIMILAR CONVECTIVE SCENARIO FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED CUMULUS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION FOR THURS...WITH MVFR TO ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS/TSTMS AND MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. EXPECT MUCH LOWER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS SAT THROUGH MON WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... NO CHANGE IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW REGIME THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DECENT SEA BREEZE SURGES ARE LIKELY IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE DURING THE AFTERNOONS WITH A BRIEF NOCTURNAL SURGE OFFSHORE IN THE EVENING. COULD SEE WINDS BRIEFLY REACH 15-20 KT DURING EACH SURGE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. SHOULD SEE THE TYPICAL INCREASE/SURGE IN WIND SPEEDS DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON/EVENING OF 15-20 KT FOR THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY FRI. FOR SAT-MON...A DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SETTLE OVER THE REGION WITH WINDS 15 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ045-048>051. MARINE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:25 AM EDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 GAZ139-141-292000- COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY AND EAST CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAPELO ISLAND... OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND SAPELO ISLAND AND SHELLMAN BLUFF WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 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. 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, Jul 29, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 322 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 SCZ048-051-292000- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 322 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFFTON...OR ABOUT OVER HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON...FOLLY FIELD...FOREST BEACH...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AND MARINE CORPS AIR STATION WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 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. 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, Jul 29, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 GAZ119-138>141-292030- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- 356 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM... SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY AND EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LECOUNT TO VALONA TO DARIEN... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CARNIGAN...CRESCENT...DARIEN...EULONIA...HALFMOON LANDING...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...RETREAT...RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT AND VALONA WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 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. 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, Jul 29, 3:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 359 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 SCZ044-045-050-292045- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER- 359 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHARLESTON...SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADOWMOSS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GOOSE CREEK...MOVING NORTH AT 3 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...GOOSE CREEK... HANAHAN...LADSON...NORTH CHARLESTON...SHADOWMOSS AND WEST ASHLEY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 445 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. 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, Jul 29, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Dorchester | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 3:59 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 14 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Jul 29, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 89 min | |
| Jul 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 63 min | |
| Jul 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 93 min |
| Jul 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 22 hr |
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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.