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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 2:48 PM EDT for Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 5, 2011, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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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</html>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 Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:27 AM EDT, 10 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-060830- 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- 427 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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, Jul 5, 11:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1126 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ047-048-051-060000- EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL JASPER- 1126 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 ...SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES WILL IMPACT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY... REPORTS FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND WIND AND DISPERSION FORECASTS INDICATE SMOKE BEING GENERATED FROM A WILDFIRE NORTH OF WALTHOURVILLE IN LIBERTY COUNTY...AS WELL AS FROM A HUGE WILDFIRE IN THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS AROUND 2 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE VISIBILITIES IMPROVES SLIGHTLY AS MUCH OF THE SMOKE PUSHES OFFSHORE AND DISPERSION INCREASES. HOWEVER...ONSHORE WINDS AND A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEA BREEZE ARE EXPECTED TO BRING SMOKE BACK INLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND VISIBILITIES COULD DROP ONCE AGAIN. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND ENCOUNTER SMOKE...REDUCE YOUR SPEED. USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS OR FOG LIGHTS IF YOU HAVE THEM. THOSE WHO HAVE RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS OR ARE SENSITIVE TO SMOKE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS WITH AIR CONDITIONING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU OBSERVE LOW VISIBILITIES...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET #WXREPORT.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 248 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 GAZ101-SCZ047-051915- EFFINGHAM-INLAND JASPER- 248 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR TILLMAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... EBENEZER...STILLWELL AND TILLMAN... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... DIME SIZE HAIL... 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 3236 8131 3248 8123 3251 8113 3239 8102 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 347DEG 3KT 3244 8117
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 39 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2011Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.