Alert archive / South Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 29, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 29, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 Sep 29, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 9:57 AM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 957 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-301400- 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- 957 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
256 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
SCZ045-292030-
INLAND BERKELEY-
256 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE AND EASTERN LAKE MARION
BY 400 PM EDT...
...MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE AND EASTERN LAKE MARION SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR...
AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 8 MILES WEST OF PRIOLEAU...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BONNEAU...BONNEAU BEACH...CROSS...EADYTOWN...EASTERN LAKE MARION...
NORTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE...PINOPOLIS AND SOUTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE AND EASTERN LAKE
MARION. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON
THE OPEN WATERS...STAY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL
FLOATATION DEVICE. SWIMMERS SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO A
STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK
OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8010 3340 7999 3325 7991 3317 8015
3324 8015 3339 8024 3344 8023 3346 8020
3346 8015 3348 8016 3350 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 272DEG 23KT 3335 8031Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 407 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012 SCZ042-043-292030- HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON- 407 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HAMPTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ALMEDA INTERSECTION...COLLETON...CROCKETVILLE...HAMPTON... ISLANDTON...LAKE WARREN STATE PARK...MILEY...RUFFIN...VARNVILLE AND WILLIAMS... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... DIME 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 3307 8083 3286 8075 3276 8121 3290 8123 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 251DEG 20KT 3287 8110 JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 94 min |
| Sep 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 30 min |
| Sep 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 37 min |
| Sep 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 29 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.