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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

April 4, 2012Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 4, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Colleton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Apr 4, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

AMZ330-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-
052-051945-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-
EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-
INLAND MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-
INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
337 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-051945-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
337 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS AND THE UPCOMING SPRING TIDE MAY RESULT IN SHALLOW
COASTAL FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED.

RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS...LARGER THAN NORMAL
BREAKING WAVES...AND THE SPRING TIDE WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

AMZ350-352-354-374-051945-
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-
337 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
557 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

SCZ043-044-042230-
DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON-
557 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER AND
COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PADGETTS TO
HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CANADYS...COTTAGEVILLE...GREEN POND...HENDERSONVILLE...INDIAN
FIELD...JACKSONBORO...PADGETTS...REEVESVILLE...RITTER...ROUND O...
RUFFIN...SAINT GEORGE...SMOAKS...WALTERBORO...WHITE HALL AND
WILLIAMS...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3324 8053 3286 8032 3286 8040 3281 8040
      3279 8043 3275 8045 3272 8072 3308 8090
      3310 8089 3313 8090 3321 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 268DEG 31KT 3308 8085 3275 8070

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS34 min
Apr 4, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS59 min
Apr 4, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester48 min
Apr 4, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton36 min
Apr 4, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester26 min
Apr 4, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester41 min
Apr 4, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston34 min
Apr 4, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every special weather statement 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.