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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2012, 5:14 PM EDT for Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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 24, 2012, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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 Jul 24, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:17 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 AMZ354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-251000- 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-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THE MAIN HAZARDS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL PLEASE LET US KNOW EITHER BY PHONE AT 1-888-383-2024...BY EMAIL AT CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV...OR BY TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. AMZ330-350-352-SCZ040-042>045-047-052-251000- 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-ALLENDALE- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY PUSHING ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST BETWEEN ABOUT 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL PLEASE LET US KNOW EITHER BY PHONE AT 1-888-383-2024...BY EMAIL AT CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV...OR BY TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. SCZ048>051-251000- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY PUSHING ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST BETWEEN ABOUT 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL PLEASE LET US KNOW EITHER BY PHONE AT 1-888-383-2024...BY EMAIL AT CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV...OR BY TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
GAZ088-SCZ040-242015-
ALLENDALE-SCREVEN-
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN AND ALLENDALE
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR MILLETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
APPLETON...MARTIN...MILLETT AND SEIGLING...
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 3316 8154 3311 8135 3306 8127 3291 8144
3302 8159 3304 8157 3305 8157 3308 8162
3310 8162
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 312DEG 12KT 3311 8156Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:09 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
509 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MILLETT 33.11N 81.56W
07/24/2012 ALLENDALE SC EMERGENCY MNGR
THE ALLENDALE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 125 AND MILLETT ROAD. ONE TREE FELL ON A TANKER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200512
DPBSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 5:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 514 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 GAZ114-115-242130- EVANS-TATTNALL- 514 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL AND EVANS COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR REIDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK AND REIDSVILLE... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT THIS STORM STRENGTHENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3208 8188 3200 8205 3210 8218 3218 8208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 316DEG 10KT 3209 8207
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 36 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.