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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Charleston, SC

July 20, 20104 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2010, 3:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2010, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2010, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allendale County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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 Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 3:40 AM EDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 2:53 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 2:58 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
258 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010

SCZ042-043-201945-
HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
258 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HAMPTON AND COLLETON
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR LAKE WARREN STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALMEDA INTERSECTION...BRUNSON...CROCKETVILLE...CUMMINGS...GIFFORD...
HAMPTON...ISLANDTON...LAKE WARREN STATE PARK...LENA...LURAY...MILEY
AND VARNVILLE...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3290 8125 3291 8123 3292 8123 3293 8123
      3300 8091 3277 8084 3273 8122 3289 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 261DEG 11KT 3284 8115

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 3:34 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more	14 hr
Jul 20, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch, Screven	49 min
Jul 20, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	56 min
Jul 20, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham	55 min
Jul 20, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	55 min
Jul 20, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	67 min
Jul 20, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall	65 min
Jul 20, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	44 min
Jul 20, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	47 min
Jul 20, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	40 min
Jul 20, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	66 min
Jul 20, 4:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	64 min
Jul 20, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	58 min
Jul 20, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	54 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.