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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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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.
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 30, 2:50 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
250 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM RIP CURRENTS TYBEE ISLAND 32.02N 80.86W
08/27/2011 CHATHAM GA LIFEGUARD
LIFEGUARDS REPORT AT LEAST 15 RIP CURRENT RELATED
RESCUES THROUGH THE DAY.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1100924
33Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
307 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011
GAZ114-115-137-138-301945-
EVANS-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL-
307 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS...
LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF DAISY TO GLENNVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE
PARK...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND REIDSVILLE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3204 8222 3228 8198 3227 8197 3227 8192
3223 8181 3218 8178 3213 8178 3211 8176
3205 8164 3179 8197 3185 8210 3186 8212
3188 8212 3193 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 134DEG 4KT 3208 8171 3193 8192The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Evans | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 34 min |
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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.