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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Charleston, SC

November 2, 2015Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2015, 7:15 PM EST for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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
Nov 2, 2015, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2015, 8:15 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Screven County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 Nov 2, 7:01 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 7:01 PM EST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 2, 7:08 PM EST, 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 2, 2:41 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
241 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

SCZ045-050-052-022030-
TIDAL BERKELEY SC-INLAND BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-
241 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

...STRONG SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 240 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON TO
NEAR SHADOWMOSS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...GOOSE CREEK...
HANAHAN...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON...MAGNOLIA GARDENS AND
I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR
REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 3287 7973 3275 8018 3304 7998 3321 7956
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 243DEG 29KT 3300 7998 3280 8012
Local storm report, Nov 2, 2:43 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
243 PM EST MON NOV 02 2015

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

0237 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST CHARLESTON AIRPORT      32.90N  80.04W
11/02/2015  M48 MPH          CHARLESTON         SC   ASOS

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1501470

33
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 6:46 PM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
646 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

GAZ099-100-115-030015-
BULLOCH GA-EVANS GA-CANDLER GA-
646 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...CANDLER AND
EVANS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EST...

AT 646 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
REGISTER...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CLAXTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATESBORO...PULASKI...REGISTER...DENMARK...NEVILS AND GEORGIA
SOUTHERN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR
REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 3219 8198 3234 8204 3249 8177 3230 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 248DEG 27KT 3229 8190

RFM
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 7:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 8:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton49 min
Nov 2, 8:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton, Jasper65 min
Nov 2, 11:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley28 min
Nov 3, 1:05 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston85 min
Nov 3, 4:57 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester2 hr
Nov 3, 6:51 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston84 min
Nov 3, 7:12 AM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryCHS5 hr
Nov 3, 9:50 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCHSBerkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg133 days
Nov 3, 10:10 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSJasper95 min
Nov 2, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham, Screven61 min
Nov 3, 2:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan32 min
Nov 3, 3:39 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSChatham4 hr
Nov 3, 4:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh32 min
Nov 3, 6:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.