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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

June 30, 2011Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. 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: Jun 30, 2011, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Charleston County, SC

The radar

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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 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:05 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
244 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2011

SCZ045-050-052-301915-
CHARLESTON-INLAND BERKELEY-TIDAL BERKELEY-
244 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND
BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BERESFORD TO NORTH
CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CHARLES TOWNE LANDING...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...CHARLESTON NAVAL
COMPLEX...DANIEL ISLAND...DON HOLT BRIDGE...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...
HANAHAN...I-26/I-526 INTERCHANGE...JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK...JOHNS
ISLAND...MAYBANK BRIDGE...MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNE CENTRE...NAVAL WEAPONS
STATION CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON...SHADOWMOSS AND WEST ASHLEY...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

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 3267 8008 3288 8009 3302 7989 3283 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 018DEG 10KT 3293 7988 3285 8000

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 9:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh	56 min
Jun 29, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	28 min
Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	51 min
Jun 30, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	34 min
Jun 30, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Candler	35 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	26 min
Jun 30, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	52 min
Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	25 min
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.