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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- May 28, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Bryan County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 28, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 339 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TONIGHT. A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY BEFORE PUSHING SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY. STRONGER HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... REST OF THE AFTERNOON...SO FAR THE BULK OF THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS REMAINED CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. STORMS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED AS UPDRAFTS APPEAR TO BE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN GIVEN THE LESS THAN IMPRESSIVE MID-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT. THE SPC MESOANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS THE BEST INSTABILITY ALONG AND WEST OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER SO POPS HAVE BEEN FAVORED THERE. THE SEVERE THREAT REMAINS QUITE LOW...BUT THE CHANCE REMAINS FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WHERE MORE SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OCCUR. TONIGHT...ALOFT THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS THE OVERALL PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED. ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND WESTWARD AND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH A PREVAILING SOUTHWEST FLOW. ANY LINGERING EVENING SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY WITH SUNSET...AND THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. ANY LINGERING DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD THIN AND CLEAR OUT THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR BY SUNRISE. ANOTHER MILD NIGHT IS ON TAP WITH LOWS FALLING TO AROUND 70 IN MOST AREAS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN OFFSHORE THIS PERIOD WHILE A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SLOWLY SINKS SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS...MORE TYPICAL OF SUMMER...WILL PREVAIL WITH MOSTLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY COVERAGE OF RAIN SHOULD BE A BIT GREATER GIVEN THE ADDED CONVERGENCE WITH THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A BIT GREATER MID-LEVEL CAPPING WHICH SHOULD TEMPER COVERAGE A BIT. GIVEN THE LACK OF STRONG SYNOPTIC FORCING THE RISK FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN LOW. TEMPS GENERALLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...SHOWING A BUILDING RIDGE FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS RIDGE FLATTENS AND MOVES OVER THE AREA MONDAY...THEN SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE THE TRANSITION DAY...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN 1/2 OF THE AREA. CONTINUED DRYING TREND FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH PUSHES DRIER/SUBSIDING AIR SOUTHWARD. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXTREME SOUTH SUNDAY...THEN LESS THEN 15% FOR MONDAY ALL AREAS. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ...MODELS INDICATING SOME MOISTURE RETURN ON THE BACK/WEST SIDE OF THE RIDGE. THUS...HAVE GRADUALLY BROUGHT BACK LOW END CHANCE POPS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...CLIMBING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW SETS IN. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY. THE BIGGEST NEAR TERM CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS AT THE TERMINALS. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY...THE BEST COVERAGE IS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SO A VCTS HAS BEEN ADDED TO KSAV THROUGH 21Z. THE CHANCE EXISTS AT KCHS AS WELL...BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF COVERAGE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...NOTHING WILL BE INCLUDED AT THIS TIME. ANY SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND TSTMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BEST CHANCES SHOULD BE FRIDAY AS A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH. BREEZY CONDITIONS LIKELY SUNDAY. && .MARINE... TONIGHT...SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY SURFACE FEATURE AS IT EXTENDS WESTWARD ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. THE HIGH WILL MAINTAIN A MODEST SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WHICH WILL GENERALLY BE 15 KT OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS WILL BE 2-3 FT. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS GIVEN THE RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA BETWEEN ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND AN INLAND TROUGH. BY FRIDAY THE TROUGH SHOULD SINK SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL WATERS...LIKELY PUSHING SOUTH OF THE GEORGIA WATERS BY SUNDAY. AFTER THE FROPA...THE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE POSSIBLY LEADING TO MARGINAL ADVISORY CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY BEYOND 20 NM. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR TERM...BSH SHORT TERM...RJB LONG TERM...RFM AVIATION...BSH MARINE...BSH/RJB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:26 AM EDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 326 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-290730- 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- 326 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 320 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 GAZ114-137-138-281945- INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 320 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BEARDS CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BEARDS CREEK...DONALD... 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... 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 3203 8187 3193 8163 3175 8177 3187 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 211DEG 8KT 3187 8185
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 338 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 GAZ088-100-282015- BULLOCH-SCREVEN- 338 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN AND BULLOCH COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BLITCH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BLITCH...OGEECHEE...DONEGAL...EUREKA...COOPERVILLE...DOVER... CAMERON...GOLOID... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... DIME SIZE HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... 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 3273 8159 3252 8153 3251 8180 3260 8188 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 256DEG 14KT 3258 8177
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:55 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 355 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 GAZ114>116-137-138-282030- EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 355 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...EVANS... LIBERTY...BRYAN AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... AREAS BETWEEN DAISY AND MIDWAY... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH... DIME SIZE HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... 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 3215 8181 3212 8159 3198 8180 3202 8187 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 217DEG 6KT 3204 8179
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
449 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
GAZ101-116-282115-
EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-
449 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM AND BRYAN
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR LANIER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
LANIER...ELLABELL...BLITCHTON...EDEN...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
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 3209 8166 3221 8156 3223 8150 3215 8132
3210 8139 3208 8139 3207 8138 3198 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 230DEG 11KT 3210 8156The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 30 min |
| May 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 54 min |
| May 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 23 min |
| May 28, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 25 min |
| May 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 35 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 54 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.