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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 15, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Chatham County, GA, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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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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 Jul 15, 3:27 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:27 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 244 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-161845- 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- 244 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES...CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STAY IN TOUCH WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY. REMAIN ALERT FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM YOUR CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-161845- 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- 244 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING TONIGHT. BOATERS...REMAIN ALERT FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES INCLUDING POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 14, 11:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 6 hr | |
| Jul 15, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Jul 15, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 36 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2014Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.