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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 12, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Allendale County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 12, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:14 AM EDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 414 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-131400- 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- 414 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
312 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
SCZ045-121945-
INLAND BERKELEY SC-
312 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR...
AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CROSS...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONCKS
CORNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BONNEAU...PINOPOLIS...BONNEAU BEACH...SOUTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE AND
NORTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL
FLOTATION DEVICE. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK
FOR BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3329 8015 3339 8009 3333 7994 3323 7998
3320 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 309DEG 20KT 3335 8018Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
339 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
SCZ040-042-122015-
ALLENDALE SC-HAMPTON SC-
339 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FAIRFAX...OR OVER ALLENDALE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...VARNVILLE...FAIRFAX...BRUNSON...SYCAMORE...MILEY AND
CROCKETVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR
REPORT TO NWS.CHARLESTONSC@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3302 8107 3296 8102 3281 8108 3294 8137
3307 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 290DEG 25KT 3298 8127The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.