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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT for Colleton County, Dorchester 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
- Jul 13, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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 13, 10:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 10:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston SC 1032 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022 SCZ049-050-141445- Coastal Colleton-Charleston- 1032 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk for Rip Currents. Severe thunderstorms: A few strong storms are possible, with damaging wind gusts being the main threat. In addition, brief heavy rainfall is possible. Coastal Flooding: Tides will continue to run high this week due to astronomical influences. Any small positive anomalies from winds, rain, and/or swells should be enough to cause minor or moderate coastal flooding around the evening high tide. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Coastal Flooding: Tides will continue to run high this week due to astronomical influences. Any small positive anomalies from winds, rain, and/or swells could be enough to cause minor coastal flooding around the times of the evening high tides into late week. Rip Currents: Conditions remain favorable for a risk of rip currents on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-141445- Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Jasper- 1032 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Moderate Risk for Rip Currents. Severe thunderstorms: A few strong storms are possible, with damaging wind gusts being the main threat. In addition, brief heavy rainfall is possible. Coastal Flooding: Tides will continue to run high this week due to astronomical influences. Any small positive anomalies from winds, rain, and/or swells could be enough to cause minor coastal flooding around the evening high tide. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Coastal Flooding: Tides will continue to run high this week due to astronomical influences. Any small positive anomalies from winds, rain, and/or swells could be enough to cause minor coastal flooding around the times of the evening high tides into late week. Rip Currents: Conditions remain favorable for a risk of rip currents on Thursday. .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- 141445- 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- 1032 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms: A few strong storms are possible, with damaging wind gusts being the main threat. In addition, brief heavy rainfall is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-141445- 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- 1032 AM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms: A few strong storms are possible, with damaging wind gusts being the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bamberg | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Clarendon | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Jul 13, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 17 min |
| Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 88 min |
| Jul 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 31 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.