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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 30, 2011Candler County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2011, 5:47 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2011, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Candler County, GA

The radar

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The text

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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 30, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:28 AM EDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
345 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

SCZ050-302015-
CHARLESTON-
345 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR SECESSIONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
FOLLY BEACH...JAMES ISLAND AND JAMES ISLAND COUNTY PARK...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...

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 3270 7988 3268 7988 3266 7990 3263 7997
      3260 7999 3260 8002 3260 8003 3274 8001
      3274 7988 3271 7987
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 001DEG 7KT 3269 7995

Local storm report, Jul 30, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
404 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0357 PM     HAIL             2 SE JAMES ISLAND COUNT 32.72N  79.97W
07/30/2011  E0.70 INCH       CHARLESTON         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION
            OF FORT JOHNSON ROAD AND FOLLY ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1100694

DPB

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		58 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.