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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Charleston, SC

August 16, 20058 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this heat advisory at Aug 16, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 17, 2005, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2005, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2005, 7:06 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 2:35 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more16 hr
Aug 16, 10:04 AM EDTMarine Weather StatementCHS116 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Georgia, 2005Heat Advisories in South Carolina, 2005Every heat advisory in 2005

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.