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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Charleston, SC

June 19, 2023Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2023, 11:28 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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 19, 2023, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2023, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 340 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2023-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 265 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2023-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 Jun 19, 9:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 9:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:35 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton25 min
Jun 19, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper61 min
Jun 19, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston38 min
Jun 19, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley50 min
Jun 19, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jun 19, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS96 min
Jun 19, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston25 min
Jun 19, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley, Charleston42 min
Jun 19, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS82 min
Jun 19, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort51 min
Jun 19, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort43 min
Jun 19, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley, Charleston47 min
Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS87 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Jun 19, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort44 min
Jun 19, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS90 min
Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS89 min
Jun 18, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong33 min
Jun 19, 11:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans, Long, Tattnall37 min
Jun 19, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh46 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.