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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 26, 2011Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2011, 1:41 AM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2011, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1916 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
1916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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 Jul 25, 7:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 12:21 PM EDT, 13 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1221 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011

GAZ087-088-099>101-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-261630-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-
INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
1221 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

EXCESSIVE HEAT...ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ114>119-137>141-261630-
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-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-
COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-
COASTAL MCINTOSH-
1221 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

EXCESSIVE HEAT...ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Jul 26, 9:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall52 min
Jul 26, 11:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSScreven2 hr
Jul 26, 1:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSEffingham, Screven2 hr
Jul 26, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSEffingham66 min
Jul 26, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS97 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh37 min
Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh26 min
Jul 26, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS74 min
Jul 26, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS54 min
Jul 26, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS89 min
Jul 26, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSLong, Tattnall88 min
Jul 26, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS115 min
Jul 26, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS50 min
Jul 26, 2:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester2 hr
Jul 26, 11:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSAllendale, Colleton, Hampton112 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.