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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 20, 2011Candler County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2011, 1:53 PM EDT for Candler County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 20, 2011, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Candler County, GA, Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 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 Aug 20, 10:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 10:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 3:38 AM EDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
338 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2011

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-210745-
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-
338 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1032 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2011

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

0754 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N NEVILS              32.27N  81.76W
08/19/2011                   BULLOCH            GA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN ON REEDY BRANCH ROAD.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1100875

JHP

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 1:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
153 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2011

GAZ087-088-099-100-201830-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
153 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS...
BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR LAWTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALINE...BUTTS...EMMALANE...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...HOPEULIKIT...
METTER...MIDDLEGROUND...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...PERKINS...PORTAL...
PULASKI...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...WESTSIDE AND WOODCLIFF...

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

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.

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LAT...LON 3243 8219 3252 8216 3256 8209 3255 8203
      3260 8201 3266 8209 3281 8215 3288 8213
      3292 8209 3293 8196 3296 8188 3295 8182
      3292 8177 3295 8170 3295 8159 3229 8194
      3232 8224 3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 289DEG 6KT 3284 8196

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	28 min
Aug 20, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	26 min
Aug 20, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	24 min
Aug 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	32 min
Aug 20, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham	40 min
Aug 20, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	45 min
Aug 20, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	38 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	31 min
Aug 20, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	27 min
Aug 20, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	35 min
Aug 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	30 min
Aug 20, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	50 min
Aug 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	31 min
Aug 20, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	25 min
Aug 20, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	43 min
Aug 20, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	26 min
Aug 20, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.