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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2012, 12:40 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2012, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 11, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:51 AM EDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 451 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-121000- 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 BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 451 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-121000- 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- 451 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-WATER LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1011 AM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0907 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S COBBTOWN 32.26N 82.14W
06/10/2012 TATTNALL GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN ON WOODROW WILLIAMS ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200359
DPBSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 12:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1240 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
GAZ087-088-SCZ040-111730-
ALLENDALE-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
1240 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS AND
ALLENDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR LEWIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BURTONS FERRY LANDING...HILLTONIA...MILLHAVEN...SYLVANIA AND
WOODCLIFF...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER THE
RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 3288 8186 3302 8152 3301 8149 3295 8151
3290 8148 3290 8147 3288 8148 3287 8145
3284 8146 3284 8142 3278 8143 3266 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 248DEG 15KT 3282 8173The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 11:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jun 11, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 114 min | |
| Jun 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jun 10, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort | 81 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper | 112 min |
| Jun 11, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 41 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.