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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 19, 2015Hampton County, South Carolina

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 text

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What forecasters said that day

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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, Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSClarendon33 min
Jul 18, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Colleton, Dorchester56 min
Jul 18, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton54 min
Jul 18, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale28 min
Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton29 min
Jul 19, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper28 min
Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper54 min
Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton25 min
Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper65 min
Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jul 19, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale41 min
Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Jasper66 min
Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester58 min
Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley, Dorchester47 min
Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper41 min
Jul 19, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS59 min
Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS116 min
Jul 19, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton44 min
Jul 19, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton52 min
Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jul 19, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston44 min
Jul 19, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch33 min
Jul 19, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham25 min
Jul 19, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham53 min
Jul 19, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan24 min
Jul 19, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler50 min
Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong60 min
Jul 19, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJenkins, Screven56 min
Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

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.