Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2017, 2:04 AM EST for Beaufort County, Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 3, 2017, 2:04 AM EST (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2017, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:04 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Gardens Corner, SC | TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TRASK PARKWAY AND JASMINE HALL ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
635
WUUS52 KCHS 030704
SVRCHS
SCC013-019-029-030745-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0002.170103T0704Z-170103T0745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
204 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
Beaufort County in southeastern South Carolina...
Charleston County in southeastern South Carolina...
Colleton County in southeastern South Carolina...
* Until 245 AM EST
* At 203 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beaufort,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Beaufort, Port Royal, Edisto Beach, Clarendon, Hollywood, Ravenel,
Meggett and Bennetts Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 8022 3245 8032 3241 8034 3244 8041
3241 8040 3234 8040 3233 8041 3235 8079
3267 8078 3276 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 275DEG 31KT 3250 8075
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
963
WWUS52 KCHS 030726
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
226 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017
SCC013-019-029-030745-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170103T0745Z/
Beaufort SC-Charleston SC-Colleton SC-
226 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EST
FOR BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES...
At 226 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 18 miles southeast of Walterboro to 8 miles northwest
of Edisto Beach to 8 miles east of Port Royal, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Beaufort, Port Royal, Edisto Beach, Clarendon, Hollywood, Ravenel,
Meggett and Bennetts Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 8022 3245 8032 3241 8034 3244 8041
3241 8040 3234 8040 3233 8041 3235 8079
3267 8078 3276 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 254DEG 43KT 3273 8043 3257 8044 3235 8055
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 2:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.