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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2011, 11:03 AM EDT for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 9, 2011, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Oct 9, 10:41 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 10:41 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 10:31 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-101445- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. RIP CURRENTS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. COASTAL FLOODING...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES AND/OR ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. STRONG WINDS...WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH AT THE COAST LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ049-050-101445- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. RIP CURRENTS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. COASTAL FLOODING...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES AND/OR ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. STRONG WINDS...WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH AT THE COAST LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ045-101445- INLAND BERKELEY- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT MONDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. LAKE WINDS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR LAKE MOULTRIE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047-101445- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ352-354-374-101445- 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- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-101445- CHARLESTON HARBOR- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ052-101445- TIDAL BERKELEY- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION. COASTAL FLOODING...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ350-101445- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- 1031 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 11:03 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1103 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011
GAZ116>119-137>141-091530-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND
BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG-
1103 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2011
...SHOWERS WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS IMPACT PORTIONS OF
LIBERTY...BRYAN...CHATHAM...LONG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES THROUGH 1130
AM EDT...
AT 1103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH..ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASSAW ISLAND TO BLACKBEARD
ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BELFAST...BLACKBEARD ISLAND...CARNIGAN...COX...CRESCENT...EULONIA...
FORT MCALLISTER...HALFMOON LANDING...HARRIS NECK...JONES...KELLER...
MERIDIAN...MONTGOMERY...OSSABAW SOUND...PINE HARBOR...RETREAT...
SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...SOUTH NEWPORT...
ST. CATHERINES ISLAND...SUNBURY...TOWNSEND...VALONA AND WASSAW
ISLAND...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING...THESE SHOWERS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WHICH MAY BLOW OVER TENTS...OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AND HANGING OBJECTS. IF TIME PERMITS SECURE VULNERABLE
OBJECTS AND GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT
1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT BY EMAIL TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.
&&
LAT...LON 3146 8163 3147 8162 3150 8166 3197 8115
3192 8093 3183 8103 3181 8103 3176 8107
3172 8113 3163 8112 3155 8117 3148 8119
3138 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 104DEG 30KT 3182 8081 3145 8122The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 4:21 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | 43 hr | |
| Oct 9, 10:18 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CHS | 6 hr | |
| Oct 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CHS | Effingham | 32 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Oct 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 65 min |
| Oct 9, 4:21 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 43 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston | 40 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.