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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 14, 2011Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 14, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Colleton County, SC

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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:14 PM EDT, 23 hours 1 minute 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 13, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 13, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		119 min
Aug 13, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	55 min
Aug 14, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	34 min
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	39 min
Aug 14, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		84 min
Aug 14, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	32 min
Aug 14, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	33 min
Aug 14, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		115 min
Aug 14, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	54 min
Aug 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	27 min
Aug 14, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	32 min
Aug 14, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		94 min
Aug 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 14, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	31 min
Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty	50 min
Aug 14, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham, Effingham	57 min
Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		100 min
Aug 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 14, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		65 min
Aug 13, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	61 min
Aug 14, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	51 min
Aug 14, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	64 min
Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	56 min
Aug 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper	61 min
Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	63 min
Aug 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper	59 min
Aug 14, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	25 min
Aug 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	30 min
Aug 14, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper	61 min
Aug 14, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	41 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.