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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 10, 2012Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 9:21 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 10, 2012, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1517 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

786 
WWUS82 KCHS 110121
SPSCHS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
921 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

SCZ040-042-110145-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-
921 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BARTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALLENDALE...BARTON...BRUNSON...FAIRFAX AND SYCAMORE...

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 3306 8124 3291 8112 3283 8138 3292 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 241DEG 15KT 3291 8135

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS57 min
Jul 11, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham44 min
Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham50 min
Jul 11, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan40 min
Jul 11, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham29 min
Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans51 min
Jul 11, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven40 min
Jul 11, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven67 min
Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler, Evans, Jenkins50 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler, Jenkins47 min
Jul 10, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton27 min
Jul 10, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale24 min
Jul 11, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston59 min
Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston24 min
Jul 11, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston62 min
Jul 11, 1:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston87 min
Jul 11, 1:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston2 hr
Jul 11, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort39 min
Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley56 min
Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBeaufort, Jasper31 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper29 min
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston33 min
Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton27 min
Jul 11, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley42 min
Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston, Colleton, Dorchester51 min
Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton52 min
Jul 11, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton31 min
Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton40 min
Jul 11, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester46 min
Jul 11, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton58 min
Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Colleton, Dorchester41 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.