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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 12, 2011Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2011, 8:33 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 12, 2011, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Long County, GA

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 12, 8:13 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 8:13 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:32 AM EDT, 16 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
432 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-130900-
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-
432 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA
FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 12, 6:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 12, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 8:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 8:33 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
Aug 12, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Liberty	47 min
Aug 12, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		113 min
Aug 12, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	45 min
Aug 13, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	25 min
Aug 13, 5:22 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		113 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	52 min
Aug 13, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	42 min
Aug 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	46 min
Aug 13, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	37 min
Aug 13, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall	65 min
Aug 13, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	61 min
Aug 13, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	60 min
Aug 13, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty	55 min
Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	58 min
Aug 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	41 min
Aug 13, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham	64 min
Aug 13, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham	45 min
Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	45 min
Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham, Effingham	60 min
Aug 13, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 13, 7:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	97 min
Aug 13, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
Aug 13, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	48 min
Aug 13, 3:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	49 min
Aug 13, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	56 min
Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper	58 min
Aug 13, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	31 min
Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper	53 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.