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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Charleston, SC

July 21, 2010Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2010, 5:18 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2010, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2010, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

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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 21, 4:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:19 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:41 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:55 PM EDT, 23 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
Jul 21, 3:36 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more	14 hr
Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	54 min
Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	23 min
Jul 21, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		95 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	25 min
Jul 21, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	41 min
Jul 21, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	56 min
Jul 21, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	35 min
Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	43 min
Jul 21, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	47 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	61 min
Jul 21, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	24 min
Jul 21, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	44 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.