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Small Craft Advisory 40, NWS Charleston, SC

May 11, 2009

NWS Charleston, SC issued this small craft advisory at May 11, 2009, 5:56 AM EDT. It took effect at May 12, 2009, 3:44 AM EDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2009, 5:56 AM EDT (09:56 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2009, 3:44 AM EDT
Expired
May 14, 2009, 10:49 AM EDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at May 11, 4:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 4:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
433 AM EDT MON MAY 11 2009

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-120900-
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-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-
433 AM EDT MON MAY 11 2009

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTH CAROLINA THIS
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTHWARD AS A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY.
THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA APPEAR TO BE FAVORED
REGIONS FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY TO
OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM.

YOU ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...
REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS57 min
May 11, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham50 min
May 11, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham60 min
May 11, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham45 min
May 11, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham57 min
May 11, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham41 min
May 11, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham, Effingham60 min
May 11, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long42 min
May 11, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS95 min
May 11, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty57 min
May 11, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long55 min
May 11, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS53 min
May 11, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh62 min
May 11, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
May 11, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS87 min
May 11, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall66 min
May 11, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS87 min
May 11, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall45 min
May 11, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS68 min
May 10, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston54 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.