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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Charleston, SC

August 12, 2009Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 12:59 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 12, 2009, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 12, 12:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 12, 11:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 11:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 12:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 12:00 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 12:31 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham, Effingham	66 min
Aug 12, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins, Screven	60 min
Aug 12, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 min
Aug 12, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven	59 min
Aug 12, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		66 min
Aug 12, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	54 min
Aug 12, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
Aug 12, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham	60 min
Aug 12, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	113 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham	48 min
Aug 12, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
Aug 12, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	118 min
Aug 12, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
Aug 12, 6:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Chatham	64 min
Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	McIntosh	2 hr
Aug 12, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		65 min
Aug 12, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		82 min
Aug 12, 12:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	58 min
Aug 12, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more	62 min
Aug 12, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	64 min
Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	84 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper	56 min
Aug 12, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort	93 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.