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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

September 7, 2012Chatham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2012, 2:55 PM EDT for Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2012, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Chatham County, GA

The radar

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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 Sep 7, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 4:07 AM EDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
255 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

GAZ119-SCZ047-051-071930-
COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER-
255 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JASPER AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR WILMINGTON PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT...ISLE OF HOPE...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...
TYBEE ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON ISLAND
AND RIVERSIDE...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 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.

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LAT...LON 3186 8098 3194 8112 3207 8099 3207 8089
      3205 8089 3203 8087 3203 8084 3202 8083
      3200 8083 3197 8085 3194 8091 3191 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 294DEG 7KT 3199 8101

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		50 min
Sep 7, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		93 min
Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	50 min
Sep 7, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	25 min
Sep 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	35 min
Sep 7, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	85 min
Sep 7, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.