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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Charleston, SC

August 16, 20084 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2008, 10:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 22 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
Aug 16, 2008, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2008, 10:52 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 Aug 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:39 AM EDT, 17 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
439 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-170845-
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-
439 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH SEVERAL
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH INTO
THE AREA TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA AS THE SERIES OF DISTURBANCES APPROACH. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. HOWEVER...IF
CLOUD COVER DIMINISHES THIS AFTERNOON AND ALLOWS FOR MORE ROBUST
DAYTIME HEATING...THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH THE SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY COULD ALSO RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLESTON TO WALTERBORO...CONTINUING
TO HAMPTON AND MILLEN.

IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY...HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS MAY RESULT IN AN
ENHANCED RISK OF AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/CHS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

TROPICAL WEATHER...TROPICAL CYCLONE FAY IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO AND THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE EARLY AND
MIDDLE PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY
AS TO WHAT TYPE OF EFFECTS THERE MAY BE FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ALL ARE URGED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ABOUT THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Dorchester, Hampton53 min
Aug 17, 4:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston84 min
Aug 17, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSColleton94 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.