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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 23, 2011Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Long County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 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 23, 7:25 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:25 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
423 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-052-
242030-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
423 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

TROPICS...TROPICAL CYCLONE IRENE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
WEST/NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND POSSIBLY IMPACT
THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. WHILE ITS TOO SOON TO PIN DOWN THE
EXACT FORECAST DETAILS...TROPICAL STORM OR EVEN HURRICANE
CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PEOPLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-242030-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
423 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

RIP CURRENTS...SWELLS FROM IRENE COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL RESULT
IN AN ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

TROPICS...TROPICAL CYCLONE IRENE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
WEST/NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND POSSIBLY IMPACT
THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. WHILE ITS TOO SOON TO PIN DOWN THE
EXACT FORECAST DETAILS...TROPICAL STORM OR EVEN HURRICANE
CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PEOPLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-242030-
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-
423 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

TROPICS...TROPICAL CYCLONE IRENE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
WEST/NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND POSSIBLY IMPACT
THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. WHILE ITS TOO SOON TO PIN DOWN THE
EXACT FORECAST DETAILS...TROPICAL STORM OR EVEN HURRICANE
CONDITIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PEOPLE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:51 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:14 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:29 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 22, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	34 min
Aug 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Candler	25 min
Aug 22, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		39 min
Aug 22, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Candler	38 min
Aug 22, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Screven	29 min
Aug 23, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		90 min
Aug 23, 7:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 23, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		92 min
Aug 23, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		98 min
Aug 23, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	46 min
Aug 23, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham	28 min
Aug 23, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Evans	29 min
Aug 23, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall	52 min
Aug 22, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	33 min
Aug 22, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	58 min
Aug 22, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	25 min
Aug 23, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
Aug 23, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	31 min
Aug 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	45 min
Aug 23, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	51 min
Aug 23, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	48 min
Aug 23, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	49 min
Aug 23, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	24 min
Aug 23, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.