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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

June 5, 2011Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 5, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Long County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 5, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-061000-
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-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:03 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
803 PM EDT SUN JUN 05 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     WILDFIRE         3 ESE KELLER            31.83N  81.20W
06/05/2011  E50 ACRE         BRYAN              GA   FOREST SERVICE

            THE WILDFIE IS 100 PERCENT UNDER CONTROL AND IS NOT
            IMPACTING ANY STRUCTURES. THE GEORGIA FORESTRY
            COMMISSION INDICATES THAT DUE TO HEAVY UNDERSTORY THE
            FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO BURN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1100440

33

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
902 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

GAZ114-137-060145-
LONG-TATTNALL-
902 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL AND LONG
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 858 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...6 MILES WEST OF DONALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
DONALD...GLENNVILLE AND LUDOWICI...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3196 8192 3176 8165 3165 8180 3165 8183
      3167 8186 3171 8188 3173 8191 3175 8192
      3178 8196 3178 8198 3181 8202 3182 8205
      3185 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 321DEG 10KT 3184 8194

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	37 min
Jun 5, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		114 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 6, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	46 min
Jun 6, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham	62 min
Jun 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty	64 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long, McIntosh	58 min
Jun 6, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Long, McIntosh	71 min
Jun 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	29 min
Jun 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	31 min
Jun 5, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	47 min
Jun 5, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	34 min
Jun 6, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	26 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	40 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	52 min

Nearby

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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.