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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Charleston, SC

May 22, 2022Allendale County, South Carolina; Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2022, 6:37 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina; Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 22, 2022, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2022, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 22, 6:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:34 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
415 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-043-047>049-051-232015-
Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans-
Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Inland Jasper-Beaufort-
Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper-
415 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and
southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Severe Thunderstorms: Scattered to potentially numerous thunderstorms
are expected to develop across parts of the area. Some thunderstorms
could be strong and/or severe, producing damaging wind gusts, hail,
and heavy rainfall, especially along and west of I-95 across
Southeast Georgia late this afternoon into the evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Heavy Rainfall: Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall
may lead to localized flooding across the region on Monday into
Monday evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

SCZ044-045-050-052-232015-
Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-Charleston-Tidal Berkeley-
415 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Heavy Rainfall: Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall
may lead to localized flooding across the region on Monday into
Monday evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-232015-
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-
415 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 5:41 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:02 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:03 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 6:03 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:06 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:11 PM EDT, 26 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 22, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		47 min
May 22, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		57 min
May 22, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Georgetown	28 min
May 22, 2:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort	53 min
May 22, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	42 min
May 22, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	27 min
May 22, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	10 min
May 22, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	81 min
May 22, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	30 min
May 22, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Tattnall	24 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans, Tattnall	32 min
May 22, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans	29 min
May 22, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Evans	47 min
May 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	39 min
May 22, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Liberty	25 min
May 22, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan	27 min
May 22, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	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.