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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Charleston, SC

June 11, 2009Effingham County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 6:58 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 11, 2009, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:24 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:46 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
646 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

0644 PM     HAIL             COBBTOWN                32.28N 82.14W
06/11/2009  E0.75 INCH       TATTNALL           GA   PUBLIC

            DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:50 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
650 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009

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

0620 PM     HAIL             MILLEN                  32.80N 81.95W
06/11/2009  E0.75 INCH       JENKINS            GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO REPORTS NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins	41 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	44 min
Jun 11, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Candler, Tattnall	55 min
Jun 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	49 min
Jun 11, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans	54 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Screven	52 min
Jun 10, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	53 min
Jun 10, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	25 min
Jun 10, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	49 min
Jun 10, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	25 min
Jun 10, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	51 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	23 min
Jun 11, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	43 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	49 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.