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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 8:08 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Beaufort County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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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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 Aug 9, 7:54 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:54 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 423 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-100830- 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-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- 423 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
703 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE GUM BRANCH 31.84N 81.69W
08/09/2012 LIBERTY GA 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 196 AND
WELLS CEMETERY ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200662
JHPSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 7:10 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 710 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 GAZ101-116>119-SCZ047-048-051-100000- BEAUFORT-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL JASPER-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND JASPER- 710 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM...BRYAN... JASPER...CHATHAM AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...HUTCHINSON ISLAND...I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...MEINHARD...MONTEITH...MONTGOMERY... POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT... SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT...THUNDERBOLT...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WINDSOR FOREST...BELLINGER HILL AREA... HARDEEVILLE AND RIVERSIDE... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... 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 3232 8107 3210 8089 3186 8120 3204 8136 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 227DEG 14KT 3200 8123 BSH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:16 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
716 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042-100000-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
716 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS...
ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BASCOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BURTONS FERRY LANDING...HILLTONIA...MILLHAVEN...ALLENDALE...
APPLETON...BARTON...BRUNSON...FAIRFAX...GIFFORD...MARTIN...MILLETT
AND SEIGLING...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
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 3294 8183 3295 8182 3292 8176 3303 8157
3305 8157 3308 8162 3310 8162 3316 8154
3312 8139 3293 8115 3263 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 225DEG 28KT 3287 8167
BSHLocal storm report, Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
723 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W CROSSROADS 31.75N 81.53W
08/09/2012 LIBERTY GA 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF EB
COOPER HIGHWAY AND THOMPSON HUNTING CLUB.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1200663
JHPSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 7:43 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
743 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
SCZ040-042-043-047-100030-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-
743 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...JASPER AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR GARNETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ALMEDA INTERSECTION...CROCKETVILLE...CUMMINGS...EARLY BRANCH...
ESTILL...FURMAN...GARNETT...GIFFORD...GRAYS...HAMPTON...ISLANDTON...
LAKE WARREN STATE PARK...LENA...LURAY...MILEY...PINELAND...
ROBERTVILLE...SCOTIA...SHIRLEY AND VARNVILLE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
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.
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 8123 3301 8109 3284 8080 3252 8113
3271 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 217DEG 30KT 3266 8121
BSHSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 8:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Aug 9, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 115 min | |
| Aug 10, 1:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 15 hr | |
| Aug 9, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 48 min |
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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.