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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Charleston, SC

August 14, 20204 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2020, 6:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2020, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 13, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:20 PM EDT, 22 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper90 min
Aug 14, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Aug 14, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS88 min
Aug 14, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.