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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 7:08 PM EDT for Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2015, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Hampton County, SC
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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 19, 4:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 320 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-201930- 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- 320 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR MOST PLACES EACH AFTERNOON FROM MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...AND COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 110 DEGREES. HEAT ADVISORIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .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. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-201930- 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- 320 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Clarendon | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 19, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min | |
| Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Jul 19, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jul 19, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 45 min |
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Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.