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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 6:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 63 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 13, 2011, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Oct 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-142000- 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-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 356 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 6 PM UNTIL 2 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE ASKED TO FORWARD ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 6:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
612 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-137-132315-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL-
612 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...SCREVEN...
JENKINS...EVANS...BULLOCH...CANDLER AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM
EDT...
AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HERNDON TO 37 MILES WEST OF ALTAMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALINE...BELLVILLE...BUTTS...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DOVER...
EMMALANE...GEORGIA SOUTHERN...GLENNVILLE...GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE
PARK...HAGAN...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...HOPEULIKIT...MANASSAS...
MENDES...METTER...MIDDLEGROUND...MIDWAY...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...
PERKINS...PORTAL...PULASKI...REGISTER...REIDSVILLE...ROCKY FORD...
SCARBORO...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...WESTSIDE AND WOODCLIFF...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.
HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 8216 3256 8209 3255 8203 3260 8201
3266 8209 3282 8215 3292 8209 3296 8185
3292 8176 3301 8161 3301 8154 3178 8198
3188 8212 3191 8223 3218 8219 3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 266DEG 36KT 3293 8222 3188 8280The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 13, 5:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 36 hr | |
| Oct 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Screven | 61 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.