Alert archive / Georgia / Excessive Heat Warnings in 2007
Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 7, 2007, 4:26 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 8, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2007, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 8, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 8:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1731 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KCHS 072026 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 426 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>051-080000- /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1500Z-070809T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070808T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...HAMPTON... WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 426 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES SHOULD FALL BELOW 105 DEGREES AFTER 8 PM. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 103 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 113 TO 117 DEGREES...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EVEN AT THE BEACHES THE HEAT INDEX MAY REACH OVER 110 DEGREES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. ALSO REMEMBER YOUR PETS. THEY NEED A SHADY AND COOL LOCATION...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL INSIDE A PARKED CAR...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-080000- /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1500Z-070809T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070808T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...ALLENDALE 426 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES SHOULD FALL BELOW 105 DEGREES AFTER 8 PM. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 101 DEGREES. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 113 TO 117 DEGREES...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. ALSO REMEMBER YOUR PETS. THEY NEED A SHADY AND COOL LOCATION...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL INSIDE A PARKED CAR...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCHS 072358 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 758 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>051-081000- /O.EXP.KCHS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070808T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1500Z-070809T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...HAMPTON... WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 758 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING AS HEAT INDICES HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITERIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 103 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 113 TO 117 DEGREES...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EVEN AT THE BEACHES THE HEAT INDEX MAY REACH OVER 110 DEGREES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. ALSO REMEMBER YOUR PETS. THEY NEED A SHADY AND COOL LOCATION...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL INSIDE A PARKED CAR...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-081000- /O.EXP.KCHS.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070808T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1500Z-070809T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...ALLENDALE 758 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING AS HEAT INDICES HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITERIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 101 DEGREES. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 113 TO 117 DEGREES...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. ALSO REMEMBER YOUR PETS. THEY NEED A SHADY AND COOL LOCATION...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL INSIDE A PARKED CAR...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 080335 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1135 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-081100- /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1500Z-070809T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ 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-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 1135 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 101 DEGREES. THESE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 113 TO 117 DEGREES... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. THE VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES...NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. ALSO REMEMBER YOUR PETS. THEY NEED A SHADY AND COOL LOCATION...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF FRESH DRINKING WATER. NEVER LEAVE AN ANIMAL INSIDE A PARKED CAR...EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 080812 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 412 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-081700- /O.EXT.KCHS.EH.W.0002.070808T1400Z-070809T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ 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-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 412 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 102 DEGREES. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 114 TO 119 DEGREES...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE COAST INCLUDING NORTH CHARLESTON...WEST ASHLEY...JACKSONBORO... BEAUFORT...SAVANNAH...RICHMOND HILL AND DARIN COULD SEE HEAT INDICES BRIEFLY EXCEED 120 DEGREES FOR A PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES ARE EVEN EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES TODAY. THE DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THURSDAY. ALL OF PARTS OF THIS WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CAR EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 081509 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1109 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-082200- /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070809T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ 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-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 1109 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 114 TO 119 DEGREES... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE COAST INCLUDING NORTH CHARLESTON...WEST ASHLEY...JACKSONBORO...BEAUFORT...SAVANNAH...RICHMOND HILL AND DARIEN COULD SEE HEAT INDICES BRIEFLY EXCEED 120 DEGREES FOR A PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES ARE EVEN EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES TODAY. THE DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THURSDAY. ALL OR PARTS OF THIS WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THIS AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS...WHEREAS A WATCH MEANS THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CAR EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ RJB
000 WWUS72 KCHS 081941 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 341 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-090400- /O.UPG.KCHS.EH.A.0001.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.EH.W.0003.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070809T0100Z/ 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-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 341 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 114 TO 119 DEGREES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. THE DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CAR EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ RJB
000 WWUS72 KCHS 090022 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 822 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-091000- /O.CAN.KCHS.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070809T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.EH.W.0003.070809T1500Z-070810T0000Z/ 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-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 822 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO COOL THIS EVENING AND HEAT INDICES HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...THUS THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 115 DEGREES. BECAUSE OF THIS...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THURSDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 115 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES... NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN A CAR EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
407 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES THROUGH THE WEEK...WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE PERSISTS ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA. A COLD FRONT MAY APPROACH FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN
A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S EAST OF A
SURFACE TROUGH HAVE GENERATED SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF
4000 J/KG ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. THE CONVECTION...ALONG WITH ANY RESIDUAL CLOUD COVER
WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
MEANWHILE...HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH
VISIBILITIES GENERALLY 3-5 NM AND SOMETIMES AS LOW AS 2 NM.
THE HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL KEEP LOWS ONLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND
80. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING/HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
TO 8 PM...AT WHICH TIME HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD FALL BELOW 105
DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
ANOTHER EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM ON WEDNESDAY.
THE STRONG AND EXPANSIVE MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD FARTHER EAST
ON THURSDAY...ALLOWING FOR EVEN HIGHER THICKNESS VALUES AND H85
TEMPERATURES. WITH A MID LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW STILL IN
PLACE...EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN
TUESDAY IN MOST LOCATIONS. RECORD LOW MAXIMUM AND HIGH MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN JEOPARDY...SEE CLIMATE SECTION
BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.
THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALSO LINGER ACROSS FAR INLAND PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS...
MOISTURE WILL POOL ALONG AND EAST OF THE TROUGH AS A LIGHT S/SW
FLOW DEVELOPS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 73 TO 77 DEGREES. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF 113 TO 117 DEGREES IN NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINT VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN GENERATE PLENTY
OF INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA...AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN BY FRI WITH A
TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES.
MEANWHILE...A PIEDMONT TROUGH WILL RESIDE AT THE SURFACE THROUGH FRI
WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE SHOULD STAY
POOLED E OF THE TROUGH ACROSS OUR AREA...WITH DEWPOINT VALUES IN THE
MID TO UPPER 70S. PINNING DOWN EXACT HEAT INDICES AT THIS TIME RANGE
IS NOT POSSIBLE. HOWEVER IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS WE WILL BE SOLIDLY IN
HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF WARNING CRITERIA...MAINLY ON THU.
MAINTAINED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THU AND FRI DUE TO SOME WEAK
SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO SLIDE ACROSS
THE AREA. BUMPED POPS UP SLIGHTLY INTO THE CHANCE RANGE SAT/SAT
NIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS THROUGH THE AREA...THEN MAINTAIN
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THEREAFTER THROUGH TUE.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF KCHS/KSAV MAY LINGER THROUGH
22Z...THEN SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE. HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO 3-5 NM AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH 18Z
WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW HOURS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH VFR VISIBILITIES. NO CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...
HAZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY...WITH
PRIMARILY MVFR VSBY/S THROUGH THE PERIOD. EACH AFTERNOON HOWEVER...COULD
SEE CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR LEVELS BRIEFLY. MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SEEING VSBY/S DROP TO MVFR LEVELS DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AND DURING AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION.
&&
.MARINE...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE INLAND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE GREATEST
IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 10-15 KT.
SEAS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN 3 FT OR LESS.
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO LOSE IT/S INFLUENCE OVER THE
WATERS THU...AS A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO APPROACH
THE REGION FROM THE NW. THE BOUNDARY SHOULD STALL ACROSS THE AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER OR JUST S OF THE AREA.
EXPECT A DECENT NOCTURNAL JET TO DEVELOP OVER THE WATERS IN
ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY BOTH THU NIGHT AND FRI
NIGHT...AND MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO HEADLINE SCEC CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE WATERS.
&&
.CLIMATE...
HERE ARE THE LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES FOR NORTH CHARLESTON /KCHS/...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
/KCHL/ AND SAVANNAH /KSAV/ FOR AUGUST 8TH...
KCHS: LOW MAX...79 1989 / HIGH MAX...99 1968
KCHL: LOW MAX...80 2004 / HIGH MAX...98 1968
KSAV: LOW MAX...80 1989 / HIGH MAX...99 1968
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ087-088-099-
100-114-115.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ101-
116>119-137>141.
SC...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ040.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
SCZ042>045-047>051.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
JAQ/RJBHazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:41 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 541 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>051-080945- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM- LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 541 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. HEAT INDICES AROUND 115 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND CONDITIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS. AT THE VERY LEAST...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT EACH DAY... POSSIBLY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-080945- 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 EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 541 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-080945- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE- 541 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 110 TO 115 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND CONDITIONS MAY REQUIRE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS. AT THE VERY LEAST...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT EACH DAY...POSSIBLY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 154 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 SCZ044-071830- DORCHESTER- 154 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOTTS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT OVER SUMMERVILLE...THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND JEDBURG...KNIGHTSVILLE AND SUMMERVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 230 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS...WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES A FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 236 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ138-071900- INLAND LIBERTY- 236 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLEMINGTON...OR ABOUT OVER HINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...CROSSROADS...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GUM BRANCH...HINESVILLE...MCINTOSH...RETREAT...RICEBORO AND MIDWAY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 315 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 242 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 SCZ045-050-071930- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON- 242 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMPSON CORNER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AREAS IN AND AROUND MCCLELLANVILLE AND WAMBAW CORNER WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 330 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 GAZ116-138-071945- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY- 313 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRYAN COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRINITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND ALLENHURST...ELLABELL...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GUM BRANCH...HINESVILLE...MCINTOSH...RICHMOND HILL... WALTHOURVILLE AND MIDWAY WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 345 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 331 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 SCZ045-050-072000- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON- 331 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINELAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND AWENDAW AND MCCLELLANVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 400 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 359 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 SCZ050-072030- CHARLESTON- 359 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AWENDAW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. AREAS IN AND AROUND AWENDAW WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:56 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | CHS | Effingham, Long | 16 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Georgia, 2007Excessive Heat Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every excessive heat warning in 2007
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.