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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2015, 11:10 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 4, 2015, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576
WWUS82 KCHS 050310
SPSCHS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1110 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2015
GAZ101-050345-
EFFINGHAM GA-
1110 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1110 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR RINCON...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RINCON AND MELDRIM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3228 8136 3229 8122 3224 8120 3217 8130
3213 8135 3214 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 356DEG 14KT 3224 8129
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.