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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Charleston, SC

February 10, 20128 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this fire weather watch at Feb 10, 2012, 1:56 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2012, 1:56 PM EST (18:56 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 11, 2012, 2:04 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Feb 10, 12:37 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:37 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:11 AM EST, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
411 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-110915-
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 JASPER-BEAUFORT-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
411 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

COLD WEATHER...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...USHERING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE
20S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY NIGHT.
THESE TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE
VEGETATION...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO GROW AS A RESULT OF THE
UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER SO FAR THIS WINTER. THUS...TYPICAL COLD
WEATHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN BOTH SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SINCE THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM HAS NOT
OFFICIALLY STARTED YET...THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS TO ISSUE
FREEZE WATCHES OR WARNINGS FOR THIS EVENT.

FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WINDS AND LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY
LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS SATURDAY...ASSUMING LAND MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS FEEL FUEL MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENTLY LOW AS WELL.
THUS...FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY EVENTUALLY
BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCZ045-110915-
INLAND BERKELEY-
411 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

COLD WEATHER...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...USHERING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE
20S AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS SATURDAY NIGHT.
THESE TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION...WHICH
HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO GROW AS A RESULT OF THE UNUSUALLY WARM
WEATHER SO FAR THIS WINTER. THUS...TYPICAL COLD WEATHER SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
NIGHT. SINCE THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM HAS NOT OFFICIALLY STARTED
YET...THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PLANS TO ISSUE FREEZE WATCHES OR
WARNINGS FOR THIS EVENT.

FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WINDS AND LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY
LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS SATURDAY...ASSUMING LAND MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS FEEL FUEL MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENTLY LOW AS WELL.
THUS...FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY EVENTUALLY
BE NEEDED.

LAKE WINDS...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON LAKE
MOULTRIE FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-110915-
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-
411 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

GALES...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY
AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT.
WINDS MAY FREQUENTLY GUST TO GALE FORCE...MAINLY BEYOND 20 NM
WHERE THE WARMEST WATERS WILL SUPPORT THE BEST MIXING OF VERY
STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE WATER DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THUS...GALE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:00 PM ESTGale WatchCHS15 hr
Feb 10, 2:00 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCHS25 hr
Feb 10, 3:09 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHSBerkeley40 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Georgia, 2012Fire Weather Watches in South Carolina, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012

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.