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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 2:08 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2012, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 27, 11:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:55 AM EDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 208 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 GAZ101-SCZ042-047-271845- EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 208 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM...HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR TUCKASEE KING...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... CLYO...GARNETT...PINELAND...ROBERTVILLE AND TARBORO... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... PENNY SIZE HAIL... 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 3272 8109 3250 8101 3246 8132 3259 8137 TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 254DEG 9KT 3254 8125 JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:29 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Evans | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 84 min | |
| Jul 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 32 min | |
| Jul 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 25 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.