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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Charleston, SC

May 4, 2022Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2022, 4:59 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 19 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: May 4, 2022, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2022, 5:18 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 May 3, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 4 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
May 4, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	26 min
May 4, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	33 min
May 4, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Georgetown	28 min
May 4, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.