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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 8, 2014Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2014, 2:17 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 8, 2014, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Beaufort County, SC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 8, 1:48 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:48 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:14 AM EDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
217 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

SCZ043-048-049-081845-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-INLAND COLLETON-
217 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF COLLETON AND BEAUFORT
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NEMOURS PLANTATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
DALE...GARDENS CORNER...NEMOURS PLANTATION...WIGGINS...WHITE HALL...
GREEN POND...ASHEPOO...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

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 3244 8059 3229 8079 3256 8081 3285 8061
      3267 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 205DEG 11KT 3263 8067

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	28 min
Aug 8, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper	60 min
Aug 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		6 hr
Aug 8, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	2 hr
Aug 8, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Allendale	36 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	41 min
Aug 8, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	49 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	46 min
Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	29 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Chatham	65 min
Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham	61 min
Aug 8, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Effingham	27 min
Aug 8, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jenkins, Screven	23 min
Aug 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan	31 min
Aug 8, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	24 min
Aug 8, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	35 min
Aug 8, 7:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Long, Tattnall	86 min

Nearby

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Sources

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