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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

June 26, 2011Candler County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Candler County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 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.

130 
WWUS82 KCHS 261921
SPSCHS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
321 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

GAZ099-114-115-261945-
CANDLER-EVANS-TATTNALL-
321 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS AND
CANDLER COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR METTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALINE...COBBTOWN...METTER AND PULASKI...

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 3243 8219 3247 8219 3252 8216 3256 8207
      3252 8198 3247 8197 3241 8192 3229 8195
      3223 8202 3220 8220 3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 343DEG 5KT 3238 8205

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLiberty25 min
Jun 26, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler32 min
Jun 26, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Evans57 min
Jun 26, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler51 min
Jun 26, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham25 min
Jun 26, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham37 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan30 min
Jun 26, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSTattnall27 min
Jun 26, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham49 min
Jun 26, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSTattnall35 min
Jun 26, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham63 min
Jun 26, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSTattnall55 min
Jun 26, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham66 min
Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty44 min
Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch36 min
Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton28 min
Jun 26, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton29 min
Jun 26, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton24 min
Jun 26, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton23 min
Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton25 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton53 min
Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton24 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.