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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2012, 5:51 AM EDT for Berkeley County, Colleton County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 4, 2012, 5:51 AM EDT (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 4, 4:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:12 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 512 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 AMZ330-350-SCZ044-045-050915- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- 512 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ050-052-050915- CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY- 512 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. COASTAL FLOODING...THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE COULD AGAIN PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. COASTAL FLOODING...THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE COULD PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042- 043-047-050915- 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 COLLETON-INLAND JASPER- 512 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY AREA...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH...BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER. MOST SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING HAZARDOUS WEATHER TODAY... AS CONVECTIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16 ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-050915- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 512 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY AREA...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH...BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER. MOST SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING HAZARDOUS WEATHER TODAY... AS CONVECTIVE WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. COASTAL FLOODING...THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE COULD AGAIN PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16 ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. COASTAL FLOODING...THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE COULD PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Jun 4, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 67 min | |
| Jun 4, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 17 min |
| Jun 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Jun 4, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Jun 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.