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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2010, 5:50 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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 11, 2010, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2010, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 11, 5:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 GAZ101-114>119-137>141-SCZ042-043-047-120930- EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ048-049-051-120930- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-GAZ087-088-099-100-SCZ040-044-045-052-120930- 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-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH- ALLENDALE-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-TIDAL BERKELEY- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ050-120930- CHARLESTON- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ374-120930- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 10, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 3:32 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 6 hr | |
| Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 4:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 79 min |
| Jul 11, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 11, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 50 min | |
| Jul 10, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 11:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 90 min |
| Jul 11, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.