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Special Marine Warning 16, NWS Charleston, SC

March 31, 2021

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special marine warning at Mar 31, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 90 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: Mar 31, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.0 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Mar 31, 8:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 8:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:03 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:05 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
805 PM EDT WED MAR 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             2 NNW GOOSE CREEK       33.01N  80.04W
03/31/2021  E0.75 INCH       BERKELEY           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH AN ESTIMATE OF
            WINDS OF 50 MPH.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS2100114

33

Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:07 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
807 PM EDT WED MAR 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0747 PM     HAIL             2 SSW SUMMERVILLE       33.00N  80.18W
03/31/2021  M0.25 INCH       DORCHESTER         SC   COCORAHS

            PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN STALLSVILLE.

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EVENT NUMBER CHS2100115

33

Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:09 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	112 min
Mar 31, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		112 min
Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton	59 min
Mar 31, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	27 min
Mar 31, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	32 min
Mar 31, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		97 min
Mar 31, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		40 min
Apr 1, 7:35 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	6 hr
Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	21 days
Apr 1, 3:08 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	17 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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