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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 5, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 17 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 17 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston SC 411 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2019 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ051-052015- Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Coastal Jasper- 411 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe Thunderstorms: Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will persist into this evening. An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible, with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Coastal Flooding: Minor coastal flooding is possible during the Friday evening high tide. A Coastal Flood Advisory may be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. SCZ048>050-052015- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston- 411 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2019 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. Severe Thunderstorms: Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will persist into this evening. An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible, with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Coastal Flooding: Minor coastal flooding is possible during the Friday evening high tide. A Coastal Flood Advisory may be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-052- 052015- Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans- Inland Bryan-Inland Chatham-Long-Inland Liberty-Inland McIntosh- Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley- Inland Jasper-Tidal Berkeley- 411 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe Thunderstorms: Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will persist into this evening. An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible, with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-052015- 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 from 20 to 60 NM- 411 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 4, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 5, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 9:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 50 min | |
| Jul 5, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 2:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 87 min |
| Jul 5, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 86 min |
| Jul 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Allendale | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 5, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Jul 5, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 114 min | |
| Jul 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 52 min |
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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.