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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC

March 15, 2008Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 9:17 PM EDT for Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2008, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 9:51 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 15, 9:33 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Clyo, GA
Mar 15, 9:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Clyo, GA	TREES DOWN ON STILLWELL-CLYO ROAD NEAR LOGS LANDING ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 160117
TORCHS
GAC103-251-SCC049-053-160215-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0015.080316T0117Z-080316T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
917 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 915 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6
  MILES WEST OF SHAWNEE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SHAWNEE...
  CLYO...GARNETT...
  TARBORO...
  TILLMAN...

TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY
BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

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 3250 8134 3263 8153 3264 8126 3243 8102
      3243 8153 3244 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 280DEG 44KT 3250 8147

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 160140
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
939 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC251-SCC049-160149-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080316T0215Z/
SCREVEN GA-HAMPTON SC-
939 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

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 3250 8134 3252 8124 3254 8115 3243 8102
      3243 8136 3246 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 264DEG 41KT 3245 8118

$$

GAC103-SCC053-160215-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080316T0215Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-
939 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERRYVILLE...OR 
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TARBORO...
TILLMAN AND CLYO.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3250 8134 3252 8124 3254 8115 3243 8102
      3243 8136 3246 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 264DEG 41KT 3245 8118

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 160151
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
951 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC103-SCC053-160201-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080316T0215Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC-
951 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTH CENTRAL
EFFINGHAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 947 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...MORE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO 
THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. STAY ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR THE 
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 

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 3250 8134 3252 8124 3254 8115 3243 8102
      3243 8136 3246 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 264DEG 41KT 3246 8102

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 15, 9:13 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:13 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
913 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 120
INTO ALL ALL SE GA COUNTIES EXCEPT MCINTOSH..AND INTO AMZ354.

SEVERE WEATHER EVENT CONTINUED SATURDAY EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ALREADY RECEIVED.
SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE ONGOING
MCS...SPREADING THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER FARTHER
SOUTH INTO SE GA. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE SEVERE THREAT MAY BE
WANING ACROSS INLAND NORTHERN COUNTIES...AND WILL LIKELY SHIFT
S/E OF CHARLESTON COUNTY PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.

THE COLD FRONT WAS ADVANCING THROUGH CENTRAL GA AND NW SC...AND WILL
PUSH MOST THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE AFTER 1 AM.

LAKE WINDS...WHEN THE ONGOING WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 11
PM...PLAN TO REISSUE LAKE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.

&&

.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 /01Z 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...
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
THIS EVENING. PDS TORNADO WATCH 120 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
NEARSHOR WATERS UNTIL 1 AM.

MEANWHILE...CONTINUED ONGOING GALE WARNING FOR CHS HARBOR UNTIL
11 PM...AND 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-
     114>119-137>139.
     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 AMZ330-350-352-354.
     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, 9:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
917 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ140-141-161000-
INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
917 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
2 AM. 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-
917 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.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.

AMZ350-352-354-161000-
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-
917 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   GALE WARNING.

.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.

AMZ374-161000-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
917 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>101-114>119-137>139-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-161000-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-
COASTAL JASPER-
917 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

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-
917 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   GALE WARNING.

.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

Local storm report, Mar 15, 8:53 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
853 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0848 PM     HAIL             JOHNS ISLAND            32.72N 80.07W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

33

Local storm report, Mar 15, 8:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
854 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     HAIL             1 NW FOLLY BEACH        32.67N 79.94W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL AND DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER
            ALONG FOLLY RD.

&&

JPC

Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:00 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
900 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0854 PM     HAIL             JAMES ISLAND            32.73N 79.93W
03/15/2008  M0.88 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT FOLLY ROAD AND FORT JOHNSON ROAD

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:02 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
902 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             15 W WALTERBORO         32.90N 80.93W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       COLLETON           SC   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL LASTED ABOUT 20 MINUTES ALONG HWY
            64.

0850 PM     HAIL             WEST ASHLEY             32.80N 80.01W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED OFF OF HWY 17 NEAR CAROLINA
            BAY.

0845 PM     HAIL             JAMES ISLAND            32.73N 79.93W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND TREES CLIPPED OFF AT TOPS NEAR THE
            CHARLESTON MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.

0848 PM     HAIL             JOHNS ISLAND            32.72N 80.07W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON PLOWGROUND RD.

&&

JPC

Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
909 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0808 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E ISLANDTON           32.91N 80.90W
03/15/2008                   COLLETON           SC   PUBLIC

            AN OLD BARN COLLAPSED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 9:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
917 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0906 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COOSAWHATCHIE           32.59N 80.93W
03/15/2008                   JASPER             SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN AT EXIT 28 ON I-95. POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORT
            FROM THE COUNTY WARNING POINT.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	57 min
Mar 15, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven	91 min
Mar 15, 8:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven	29 min
Mar 15, 9:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	24 min
Mar 15, 9:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Effingham	33 min
Mar 15, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	45 min
Mar 15, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham	29 min
Mar 15, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham	50 min
Mar 15, 10:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Chatham, Effingham	30 min
Mar 15, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	58 min
Mar 15, 11:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bryan, Evans, Liberty	43 min
Mar 16, 12:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty	35 min
Mar 15, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton	17 min
Mar 15, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Hampton	52 min
Mar 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	20 min
Mar 15, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Mar 15, 8:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	46 min
Mar 15, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	56 min
Mar 15, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	66 min
Mar 15, 9:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	42 min
Mar 15, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton	50 min
Mar 15, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		116 min
Mar 15, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		97 min
Mar 15, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	35 min
Mar 15, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton	26 min
Mar 15, 9:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	31 min
Mar 15, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		92 min
Mar 15, 10:58 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	15 hr
Mar 15, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
Mar 16, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.