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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Charleston, SC

August 26, 2010Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2010, 1:48 PM EDT for Charleston County, Colleton County, Dorchester 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: Aug 26, 2010, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2010, 2:35 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 26, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 3:35 AM EDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
335 AM EDT THU AUG 26 2010

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-
SCZ040-042>045-047-052-270900-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
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-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
335 AM EDT THU AUG 26 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-270900-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
335 AM EDT THU AUG 26 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RIP CURRENTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WINDS
AND BUILDING SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE DANIELLE WILL RESULT
IN AN ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES BEGINNING THIS
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	22 min
Aug 25, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		29 min
Aug 26, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
Aug 26, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	54 min
Aug 26, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	30 min
Aug 26, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	33 min
Aug 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	50 min
Aug 26, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	45 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.