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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2013, 1:13 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 29, 2013, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1014 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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 Apr 29, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:27 AM EDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-300830- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 427 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. DENSE FOG...AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE...AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DENSE FOG...AREAS OF FOG COULD PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE...AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. COASTAL HAZARDS...BETWEEN STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE REGION...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP MID TO LATE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS PATTERN COULD PRODUCE HIGH SURF...AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS...BEACH EROSION AND SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047-052- 300830- 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-TIDAL BERKELEY- 427 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DENSE FOG...AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE...AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DENSE FOG...AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE...AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-300830- 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- 427 AM EDT MON APR 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GALES...BETWEEN BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WATERS AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP MID TO LATE WEEK AND WILL PERSIST INTO THIS WEEKEND. GALES AND HIGH SEAS ARE POSSIBLE...AND GALE WATCHES AND WARNINGS COULD EVENTUALLY BE POSTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 113 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 GAZ101-SCZ042-047-291745- EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 113 PM EDT MON APR 29 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM...HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR OAKY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... FURMAN...GARNETT...GILLISONVILLE...PINELAND...ROBERTVILLE...SCOTIA... SHIRLEY...TARBORO...CLYO...KILDARE AND SHAWNEE... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 3280 8115 3256 8094 3243 8140 3253 8147 TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 240DEG 12KT 3251 8136
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Apr 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 73 min |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 111 min |
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 112 min | |
| Apr 28, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler, Evans, Jenkins | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.