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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

November 16, 2011Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Nov 16, 2011, 9:37 PM EST for Charleston County, South Carolina. 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: Nov 16, 2011, 9:37 PM EST (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 10:15 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Nov 16, 9:18 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 9:18 PM EST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 9:08 PM EST, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 8:32 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
832 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WNW CLAXTON           32.16N  81.92W
11/16/2011                   EVANS              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            EVANS COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON
            CLARK STREET. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS1101015

BDC

Local storm report, Nov 16, 8:48 PM EST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
848 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

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

0828 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW SPRINGFIELD       32.39N  81.43W
11/16/2011                   EFFINGHAM          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            EFFINGHAM COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED TREES DOWN AT
            THE INTERSECTION OF PORTER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 17. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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EVENT NUMBER CHS1101016

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 9:02 PM EST, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 9:27 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 9:32 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 9:37 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 7:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	49 min
Nov 16, 7:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	38 min
Nov 16, 8:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	36 min
Nov 16, 8:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Effingham, Screven	64 min
Nov 16, 9:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Liberty	28 min
Nov 16, 11:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		58 min
Nov 16, 11:36 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		39 min
Nov 16, 11:45 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		52 min
Nov 17, 12:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	29 min
Nov 17, 12:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	39 min
Nov 17, 12:59 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		91 min
Nov 16, 7:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Colleton, Hampton	35 min
Nov 16, 7:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	43 min
Nov 16, 8:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	28 min
Nov 16, 8:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	43 min
Nov 16, 9:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	33 min
Nov 16, 11:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
Nov 16, 11:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	37 min
Nov 17, 9:41 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	13 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.