Alert archive / South Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 1:21 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2012, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Beaufort County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 2022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WWUS82 KCHS 111721 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 121 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 GAZ119-SCZ047-048-051-111800- BEAUFORT-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER- 121 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER...CHATHAM AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEMON ISLAND TO BELLINGER HILL AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BEAUFORT...BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...BELLINGER HILL AREA... BLUFFTON...BURTON...CALAWASSIE ISLAND...CLARENDON...DALE...JASPER... LADYS ISLAND...LAUREL BAY...LEMON ISLAND...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...PRITCHARDVILLE...ROSE HILL...SHELL POINT AND SUN CITY... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 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 3244 8047 3210 8101 3232 8104 3258 8068 TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 183DEG 10KT 3234 8079 3218 8099 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Jul 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler, Evans, Jenkins | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler, Jenkins | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 1:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 87 min |
| Jul 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.