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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Charleston, SC

June 6, 2011Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chatham County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 2:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw Pritchardville, SC	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Jun 6, 3:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Port Wentworth, GA	ONE TREE DOWN NEAR PHILLIP AVE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

853 
WUUS52 KCHS 061843
SVRCHS
GAC051-SCC013-053-061945-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0094.110606T1843Z-110606T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
243 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR HARDEEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

  PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
  HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HARDEEVILLE...SUN CITY...PRITCHARDVILLE...BELLINGER HILL AREA...
  MONTEITH...PORT WENTWORTH...GARDEN CITY...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8111 3209 8138 3212 8135 3224 8119
      3223 8114 3225 8115 3229 8112 3234 8113
      3236 8115 3239 8112 3237 8091 3195 8087
      3194 8091 3190 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 008DEG 17KT 3229 8103

$$


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4 follow-up statements

380 
WWUS52 KCHS 061849
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
249 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAC051-SCC013-053-061945-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110606T1945Z/
JASPER SC-BEAUFORT SC-CHATHAM GA-
249 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CHATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND SOUTHERN JASPER
COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
BELLINGER HILL AREA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...GARDEN CITY...
HUTCHINSON ISLAND...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...
MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT...THUNDERBOLT...
VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND...
WINDSOR FOREST...BELLINGER HILL AREA...HARDEEVILLE...JASPER...
PRITCHARDVILLE...PURYSBURGH...SUN CITY AND RIVERSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8111 3209 8138 3212 8135 3224 8119
      3223 8114 3225 8115 3229 8112 3234 8113
      3236 8115 3239 8112 3237 8091 3195 8087
      3194 8091 3190 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 008DEG 17KT 3226 8104

$$


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640 
WWUS52 KCHS 061901
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
301 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAC051-SCC013-053-061945-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110606T1945Z/
JASPER SC-BEAUFORT SC-CHATHAM GA-
301 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CHATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIMEHOUSE...OR ABOUT OVER BELLINGER
HILL AREA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...GARDEN CITY...
HUTCHINSON ISLAND...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...
MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT...THUNDERBOLT...
VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND...
WINDSOR FOREST...BELLINGER HILL AREA...HARDEEVILLE...PRITCHARDVILLE
AND RIVERSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8111 3209 8138 3224 8119 3223 8115
      3225 8115 3229 8112 3229 8090 3206 8088
      3205 8089 3204 8088 3195 8087 3194 8091
      3190 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 008DEG 17KT 3220 8105

$$


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465 
WWUS52 KCHS 061926
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
326 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAC051-SCC013-053-061945-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110606T1945Z/
JASPER SC-BEAUFORT SC-CHATHAM GA-
326 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CHATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HUTCHINSON ISLAND...OR ABOUT OVER SAVANNAH...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

AT 254 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
NEAR PRITCHARDVILLE.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...GARDEN CITY...
HUTCHINSON ISLAND...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...
MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT...THUNDERBOLT...
VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND...
WINDSOR FOREST AND RIVERSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8111 3209 8138 3223 8118 3223 8115
      3216 8100 3219 8089 3206 8088 3205 8089
      3204 8088 3195 8087 3194 8091 3190 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 008DEG 17KT 3209 8107

$$

494 
WWUS52 KCHS 061938
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
338 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAC051-SCC013-053-061948-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110606T1945Z/
JASPER SC-BEAUFORT SC-CHATHAM GA-
338 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHATHAM...
SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 345 PM EDT...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...GARDEN CITY...
HUTCHINSON ISLAND...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...
MEINHARD...MONTEITH...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT...THUNDERBOLT...
VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND...
WINDSOR FOREST...BELLINGER HILL AREA AND RIVERSIDE.

AT 338 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ALTHOUGH THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HAS
ENDED...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.

LAT...LON 3195 8111 3209 8138 3223 8118 3223 8115
      3216 8100 3219 8089 3206 8088 3205 8089
      3204 8088 3195 8087 3194 8091 3190 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 008DEG 17KT 3203 8108

$$

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 6, 2:18 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
218 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH OF THE AREA
TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. THE HIGH WILL
THEN PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION
OVER THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AREAS OF SMOKE...WHICH HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 3-5 MILES AT
TIMES...APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM A WILDFIRE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
TRAJECTORIES ARE TAKING THE SMOKE OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF
FLORIDA...THEN BRINGING IT BACK ONSHORE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE LOW LEVEL ONSHORE
FLOW. THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION AND GEORGIA FORESTRY
COMMISSION ARE REPORTING NO WILDFIRES IN THE LOCAL AREA.

MIDDAY WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SHORT WAVE ENERGY DIVING SOUTH
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA ALONG THE
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF A STRONG RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

WHILE DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN FROM THE NORTH AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION...DEEPER MOISTURE WILL LINGER
ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE
MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE DUE TO THE
PROXIMITY OF THE WEAK SURFACE LOW AND LIFT PROVIDED BY THE PASSING
SHORT WAVE COULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS DURING THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. PROBABILITIES APPEAR
TO BE HIGHEST SOUTH OF THE I-16 CORRIDOR...BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT
SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION AS FAR NORTH AS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

A NORTHEAST TO EAST WIND COMPONENT WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY IN WAKE
OF THE DEPARTING FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SOMEWHAT COOLER
DAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS
FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AWAY FROM
THE COAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ANY CONVECTION SHOULD PRESS S OF THE ALTAMAHA BY EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE
UPPER 60S INLAND TO THE LOWER 70S COAST UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES.

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WE THINK CONVECTION WILL MOVE S OF OUR
GEORGIA FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND MAINLY QUIET WEATHER
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOWS UPPER 60S INLAND TO LOWER 70S COAST.

DEEP LAYER RIDGING WILL HOLD IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIODS...GREATLY LIMITING CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE WITH A RAIN
FREE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AWAY FROM THE COAST...HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID
90S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGREES.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT THE DEEP LAYER RIDGE
WILL HOLD IN PLACE THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK BEFORE BREAKING DOWN
OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SHEARED OUT SHORTWAVE
ENERGY LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE MODELS
ALSO GENERALLY SHOW AND INCREASE IN DEEP MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE DEEP CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OVERALL...IT
CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE A FAIRLY DRY LONG TERM PERIOD...SO WILL LIMIT
RAIN PROBABILITIES TO 20 PERCENT OR LESS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY. HAVE
INCLUDED CB IN THE KSAV TAF THROUGH 22Z DUE TO ISOLATED/SCATTERED
CONVECTION OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. CANNOT RULE OUT PATCHY LATE
NIGHT/EARLY MORNING MVFR FOG/HAZE AND/OR LOW STRATUS FROM 09Z-13Z...
MAINLY AT KSAV WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE GREATEST.
HOWEVER...OUR CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME THUS MAINTAINED VFR
CONDITIONS IN THE TAF.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...PATCHY MVFR VSBYS POSSIBLE AROUND
DAYBREAK THROUGH MID WEEK...OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL.

&&

.MARINE...
THE FLOW WILL GENERALLY BE ONSHORE OVER THE WATERS AS A FRONT
DROPS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH...WITH
NEAR SHORE ENHANCEMENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAND/SEA INTERFACE THIS
AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE INTRACOASTAL COULD BE 15-20 KT
IN SPOTS WITH 10 TO 15 KT E FLOW OVER THE ATLC. E TO SE FLOW WILL
LINGER TONIGHT BUT SPEEDS MAINLY LESS THAN 15 KT. SEAS WILL
AVERAGE 2 TO 4 FT...HIGHEST THIS MORNING AROUND GRAYS REEF AND
SEAWARD.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD IN PLACE
THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER OVER THE
MARINE AREA WITH WINDS AND SEAS HOLDING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

JAQ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT, 22 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-061000-
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-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1037 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1028 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E ISLANDTON           32.90N  80.86W
06/02/2011                   COLLETON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 21 AND HIGHWAY 63.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1100441

DPB

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1049 AM EDT MON JUN 06 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW WALTERBORO        32.95N  80.69W
06/02/2011                   COLLETON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF RUFFIN ROAD AND MOUNT CARMEL ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1100442

DPB

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:49 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
149 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

SCZ047-048-051-061815-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER-
149 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT
COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR RIDGELAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GRAHAMVILLE...JASPER...OLD HOUSE...RIDGELAND...SUN CITY AND
SWITZERLAND...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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 3228 8092 3237 8115 3256 8101 3249 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 024DEG 9KT 3250 8098

JAQ

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
220 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

SCZ047-048-051-061900-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER-
220 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR SWITZERLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BELLINGER HILL AREA...BLUFFTON...GRAHAMVILLE...HARDEEVILLE...
JASPER...OLD HOUSE...PRITCHARDVILLE...RIDGELAND...ROSE HILL...SUN
CITY AND SWITZERLAND...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3215 8112 3215 8111 3216 8113 3219 8111
      3220 8113 3249 8109 3249 8088 3213 8084
      3213 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 000DEG 12KT 3240 8099

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:29 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
229 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAZ100-101-116-118-119-061915-
BULLOCH-COASTAL CHATHAM-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-
229 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...
EFFINGHAM...BRYAN AND CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR COLDBROOK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GARDEN CITY...GUYTON...I-16/I-95
INTERCHANGE...MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PINEORA...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RINCON...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SPRINGFIELD AND
STILLWELL...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3204 8111 3197 8139 3242 8156 3251 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 346DEG 10KT 3223 8128

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:32 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
232 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-070000-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
232 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011

...AREAS OF SMOKE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION AND GEORGIA FORESTRY
COMMISSION REPORT NO ACTIVE WILDFIRES ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...
SMOKE FROM A WILDFIRE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA HAS BEEN DRIFTING INTO
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...THEN SPREADING BACK ONSHORE ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DUE TO THE EASTERLY
WINDS THAT ARE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMOKE HAS BEEN
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS 2 TO 3 MILES AT TIMES. THE
SMOKE COULD LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT.

JAQ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	47 min
Jun 5, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	34 min
Jun 6, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	26 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	40 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	52 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	37 min
Jun 5, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	43 min
Jun 5, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		114 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 6, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	46 min
Jun 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty	64 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	58 min
Jun 6, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Long, McIntosh	71 min
Jun 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	29 min
Jun 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.