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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Charleston, SC

June 6, 2023Berkeley County, Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2023, 7:15 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Charleston County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 6, 2023, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2023, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2023-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2023-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton, Dorchester25 min
Jun 6, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston32 min
Jun 6, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS80 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton, Hampton27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.