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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2011, 9:53 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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 12, 2011, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Bulloch County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 12, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-130715- 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- 313 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
529 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
GAZ100-101-114>116-137-138-122200-
BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL-
529 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...LONG...
EVANS...BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...LIBERTY AND BRYAN COUNTIES THROUGH 600
PM EDT...
AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANIER TO GORDONIA
ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BAY...BELLVILLE...BLITCHTON...CLAXTON...DAISY...EDEN...ELLABELL...
GLENNVILLE...GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...GROVELAND...HAGAN...
LANIER...MANASSAS...MELDRIM...MENDES...MIDWAY...PEMBROKE AND
REIDSVILLE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. POSTPONE OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN ENCLOSED BUILDING.
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 3214 8220 3230 8141 3212 8136 3210 8139
3208 8139 3207 8137 3205 8137 3203 8134
3197 8132 3191 8208 3209 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 323DEG 15KT 3214 8155 3210 8213
33Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 31 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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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.