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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

September 28, 2011Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2011, 7:17 AM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 28, 2011, 7:17 AM EDT (11:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Berkeley County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3045 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
3045 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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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 Sep 28, 4:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 4:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 2:02 AM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
202 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011

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

0105 AM     HAIL             3 N STATESBORO          32.49N  81.77W
09/28/2011  E1.00 INCH       BULLOCH            GA   PUBLIC

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EVENT NUMBER CHS1100978

04
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Special weather statement, Sep 28, 7:17 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJenkins, Screven32 min
Sep 27, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans42 min
Sep 27, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven33 min
Sep 28, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch38 min
Sep 28, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham, Screven60 min
Sep 28, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham, Screven59 min
Sep 28, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Sep 28, 4:24 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS7 hr
Sep 28, 5:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Sep 28, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham34 min
Sep 27, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley, Dorchester34 min
Sep 27, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley29 min
Sep 27, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton26 min
Sep 27, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley26 min
Sep 27, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale52 min
Sep 28, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale48 min
Sep 28, 1:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper63 min
Sep 28, 2:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Charleston, Colleton48 min
Sep 28, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley48 min
Sep 28, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale28 min
Sep 28, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSGeorgetown48 min
Sep 28, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale31 min
Sep 28, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley49 min
Sep 28, 5:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston32 min
Sep 28, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBamberg46 min
Sep 28, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Dorchester67 min
Sep 28, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Dorchester53 min
Sep 28, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley26 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.