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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 29, 3:39 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:39 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 SCZ050-301915- CHARLESTON- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. COASTAL HAZARDS...REGARDLESS OF WHETHER RAIN IS FALLING...AN ELEVATED HIGH TIDE COULD PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY COULD EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FLOODING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR THURSDAY... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND WEST ASHLEY...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...NORTH CHARLESTON AND MOUNT PLEASANT. COASTAL HAZARDS...ELEVATED TIDES WILL CONTINUE AND COULD PRODUCE SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE EACH EVENING THROUGH LATE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-301915- JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-301915- 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- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-301915- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCZ052-301915- TIDAL BERKELEY- 315 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:45 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 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CHS | 22 hr | |
| Aug 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 83 min |
| Aug 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 83 min |
| Aug 29, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.