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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2015, 1:13 PM EDT for Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 14, 2015, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Colleton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 14, 10:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 437 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-150845- 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- 437 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT DUE TO BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND ENERGY MOVING IN ALOFT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...RESULTING IN DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND 1 INCH HAIL OR GREATER. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS GREATEST BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD WATCHES OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE GREATEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 1-888-383-2024. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORT TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO @NWSCHARLESTONSC.
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Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Jul 14, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 113 min | |
| Jul 14, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Georgetown | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 14, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 41 hr | |
| Jul 14, 4:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Jul 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Jul 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 14, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 14, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 14 min |
| Jul 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 34 min |
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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.