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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC

June 11, 20104 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2010, 4:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 58 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, 2010, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:06 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010

GAZ140-141-111945-
COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND MCINTOSH-
312 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCINTOSH COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHINTILLY...MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
DARIEN AND RIDGEVILLE...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER THE
RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

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 3126 8139 3133 8146 3135 8147 3134 8143
      3139 8147 3143 8133 3140 8131 3143 8131
      3144 8127 3141 8125 3137 8127 3140 8130
      3139 8131 3136 8127 3132 8130 3130 8128
      3129 8130 3132 8131 3134 8135 3132 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 343DEG 5KT 3133 8134

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:37 PM EDT, 40 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
Jun 11, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	33 min
Jun 11, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	McIntosh	59 min
Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Long, McIntosh	55 min
Jun 11, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
Jun 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	84 min
Jun 11, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	23 min
Jun 11, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long	36 min
Jun 11, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.