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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Charleston, SC

August 8, 2019Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 8, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2019, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS55 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Aug 8, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston41 min
Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston49 min
Aug 8, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS53 min
Aug 7, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.