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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

June 28, 2016Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 22 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 28, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Charleston County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 28, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:48 AM EDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
348 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-290800-
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-
348 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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 28, 2:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
253 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

SCZ050-281915-
CHARLESTON SC-
253 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HOLLYWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MIDDLETON PLACE...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
HOLLYWOOD...RAVENEL...MEGGETT...JOHNS ISLAND...YONGES ISLAND...
BEARS BLUFF AND ADAMS RUN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID USING METAL EQUIPMENT AND KEEP DISTANCE FROM OBJECTS SUCH AS
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS... POLES...FENCES AND TREES. LIVESTOCK AND
OUTDOOR PETS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE IN OPEN FIELDS AND SHOULD
BE TAKEN INTO SHELTERS IF TIME PERMITS.

&&

LAT...LON 3269 8038 3283 8026 3280 8000 3261 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 286DEG 15KT 3274 8026

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston30 min
Jun 28, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester23 min
Jun 28, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston60 min
Jun 28, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley64 min
Jun 28, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley67 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton61 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Hampton62 min
Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSColleton, Hampton65 min
Jun 28, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSAllendale54 min
Jun 28, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCharleston27 min
Jun 28, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler34 min
Jun 28, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan23 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.