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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Charleston, SC

July 18, 2021Screven County, Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 18, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 12:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sse Hilltonia, GATHE SCREVEN COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 301 AND HIGHWAY 24.

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 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

733 
WUUS52 KCHS 181617
SVRCHS
GAC251-SCC005-181700-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0041.210718T1617Z-210718T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1217 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
  Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
  Allendale County in southeastern South Carolina...

* Until 100 PM EDT.

* At 1215 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hiltonia to near Sylvania, moving northeast at
  30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 1214 PM a power line was knocked down 
           near Hiltonia.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sylvania, Hiltonia, Altman, Hilltonia, Millett, Martin, Millhaven
  and Burtons Ferry Landing.

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
888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.

&&

LAT...LON 3312 8149 3278 8135 3264 8160 3292 8175
      3304 8156 3305 8157 3306 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 231DEG 27KT 3290 8171 3274 8170 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MTE
1 follow-up statement
891 
WWUS52 KCHS 181656
SVSCHS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1256 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

GAC251-SCC005-181706-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210718T1700Z/
Screven GA-Allendale SC-
1256 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SCREVEN AND
ALLENDALE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM EDT...
                
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3312 8149 3278 8135 3264 8160 3292 8175
      3304 8156 3305 8157 3306 8157
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 231DEG 27KT 3309 8143 3293 8142 

$$

MTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJenkins34 min
Jul 18, 11:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Jenkins43 min
Jul 18, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Jenkins, Screven62 min
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven34 min
Jul 18, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham55 min
Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLiberty23 min
Jul 18, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBamberg31 min
Jul 18, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley34 min
Jul 18, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper26 min
Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton41 min
Jul 18, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley28 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.