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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT for Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Evans County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 27, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 412 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-280815- 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-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 412 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE SEA BREEZE AND BOUNDARIES FROM THESE AND OTHER NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM 3 TO 10 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-280815- 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- 412 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 33
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 338 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 SCZ040-042-272015- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- 338 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR LURAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ALMEDA...ESTILL...GIFFORD...HAMPTON...LENA...LURAY AND VARNVILLE... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... DIME SIZE HAIL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. && LAT...LON 3293 8117 3284 8102 3267 8118 3280 8134 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 222DEG 14KT 3280 8118
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
407 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011
SCZ040-042-272030-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-
407 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BARTON...BRUNSON...CROCKETVILLE...FAIRFAX...GIFFORD...HAMPTON...
LURAY...MILEY...SYCAMORE AND VARNVILLE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3297 8131 3306 8123 3302 8111 3296 8103
3278 8111 3279 8120 3284 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 198DEG 10KT 3284 8118Local storm report, May 27, 4:36 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 27 min |
| May 26, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 59 min |
| May 26, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 66 min |
| May 26, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 23 min |
| May 26, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 62 min |
| May 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 66 min |
| May 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 33 min |
| May 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 66 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 26 min |
| May 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 23 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 60 min |
| May 26, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 64 min |
| May 27, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 28 min |
| May 27, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 47 min |
| May 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 24 min |
| May 27, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 29 min |
| May 27, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 26 min |
| May 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 52 min |
| May 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 66 min |
| May 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 49 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.