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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 3:37 PM EDT for Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 23 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, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Dorchester County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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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, 44 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 8026Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
SCZ050-052-281945-
TIDAL BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-
315 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHADOWMOSS...OR NEAR MAGNOLIA GARDENS...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OJBECTS. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD
CEASE. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
NORTH CHARLESTON...MOUNT PLEASANT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...FORT
SUMTER...HOLLYWOOD...FOLLY BEACH AND RAVENEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BEACHES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS DURING THUNDERSTORMS BECAUSE
LIGHTNING WILL USUALLY STRIKE THE TALLEST OBJECT IN THE VICINITY.
MOVE OFF BEACHES AND GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE OR AUTOMOBILE
IMMEDIATELY. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING ON BEACHES IN
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
&&
LAT...LON 3273 7984 3267 7986 3264 7989 3275 8021
3282 8016 3282 8015 3283 8016 3287 8013
3290 7982
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 275DEG 15KT 3279 8011Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
SCZ043-044-282000-
DORCHESTER SC-INLAND COLLETON SC-
337 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER AND
COLLETON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GIVHANS FERRY STATE PARK...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...
SLANDS BRIDGE...GIVHANS FERRY STATE PARK...RIDGEVILLE...COTTAGEVILLE AND
GIVHANS.
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 3310 8025 3309 8024 3289 8026 3295 8053
3312 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 281DEG 14KT 3303 8043The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 22 min |
| Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 23 min |
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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.