Alert archive / South Carolina / Small Craft Advisories in 2014

Small Craft Advisory 50, NWS Charleston, SC

July 14, 2014

NWS Charleston, SC issued this small craft advisory at Jul 14, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2014, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jul 14, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:31 AM EDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
312 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

SCZ043-044-050-141945-
CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON-
312 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER...
CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR CANADY LANDING...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BECK LANDING...CANADY LANDING...PARKERS FERRY LANDING...DELEMAR
CROSSROADS...GETTYSVILLE...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...

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 3295 8024 3273 8023 3279 8050 3288 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 269DEG 7KT 3284 8043

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
331 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

SCZ043-049-050-142000-
CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-INLAND COLLETON-
331 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND
COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HENDERSONVILLE TO
DELEMAR CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CANADY LANDING...NEYLES...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...BECK
LANDING...RITTER...JACKSONBORO...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. AVOID USING METAL EQUIPMENT
AND KEEP DISTANCE FROM OBJECTS SUCH AS IRRIGATION
SYSTEMS...POLES...FENCES AND TREES. LIVESTOCK AND OUTDOOR PETS ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE IN OPEN FIELDS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO
SHELTERS IMMEDIATELY IF TIME PERMITS.

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 3272 8023 3277 8077 3286 8075 3287 8040
      3286 8040 3285 8030 3284 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 276DEG 4KT 3282 8068 3281 8029

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	65 min
Jul 14, 5:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		85 min
Jul 14, 7:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		116 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	33 min
Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	29 min
Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		8 hr
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	31 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	26 min
Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	53 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Colleton	63 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	92 min

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in South Carolina, 2014 Every small craft advisory in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.