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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 2:24 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Jun 1, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 AMZ352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042- 047-021830- 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-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 10 PM OVER LAND AND THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. CONVECTIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. IF YOU PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...REMAIN ALERT FOR THE RAPID ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AMZ350-SCZ043-044-052-021830- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-TIDAL BERKELEY- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 334 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCZ045-021830- INLAND BERKELEY- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 334 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-021830- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 10 PM. CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. CONVECTIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. IF YOU PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...REMAIN ALERT FOR THE RAPID ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...THE UPCOMING FULL MOON AND LUNAR PERIGEE WILL CREATE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDES WHICH COULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EACH EVENING DURING THE HIGH TIDES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCZ049-050-021830- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 334 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...THE UPCOMING FULL MOON AND LUNAR PERIGEE WILL CREATE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDES WHICH COULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EACH EVENING DURING THE HIGH TIDES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
GAZ087-088-011900-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-
224 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN AND JENKINS
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR ROGERS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
EMMALANE...HILLTONIA...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...PERKINS AND SYLVANIA...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
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.
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LAT...LON 3292 8209 3293 8196 3296 8188 3295 8182
3292 8176 3301 8161 3273 8160 3276 8213
3289 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 270DEG 29KT 3285 8201
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 40 min | |
| Jun 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:59 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 46 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.