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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 30, 2011Evans County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT for Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Evans County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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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 30, 2:04 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:04 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 11:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-311515-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

COASTAL FLOODING...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING COULD OCCUR AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

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

COASTAL FLOODING...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING COULD OCCUR AROUND
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH MID WEEK.

RIP CURRENTS...AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS COULD PERSIST ON
AREA BEACHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-GAZ087-088-099>101-SCZ040-042>045-047-052-311515-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-JENKINS-
SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ352-354-374-311515-
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-
1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 35 KNOTS AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS TODAY.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ114>116-118-137-138-140-311515-
TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-
INLAND MCINTOSH-
1108 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 10:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Aug 30, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans, Tattnall38 min
Aug 30, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans30 min
Aug 30, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Evans30 min
Aug 30, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong24 min
Aug 30, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong30 min
Aug 30, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSLong, Tattnall23 min
Aug 30, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort37 min
Aug 30, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort, Jasper26 min
Aug 30, 3:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Colleton58 min
Aug 30, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every 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.