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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 5, 2016Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 5, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -11 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 Jul 5, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:33 AM EDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-060845-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-
INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-
COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAT...THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES THAT APPROACH 110 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COAST. HEAT
ADVISORIES COULD BE NEEDED DURING AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY
THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ099>101-114>119-137>141-060845-
CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-
INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-
INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAT...THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES THAT APPROACH 110 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE COAST. HEAT
ADVISORIES COULD BE NEEDED DURING AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY
THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-060845-
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-
433 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.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, Jul 5, 5:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ087-088-052145-
SCREVEN GA-JENKINS GA-
517 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JENKINS AND SCREVEN
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAYNESBORO TO NEAR SWAINSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MILLEN...BUTTS...ROCKY FORD...HERNDON...SCARBORO...PERKINS...WOODCLIFF AND
EMMALANE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 3289 8212 3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186
      3295 8182 3291 8176 3298 8165 3298 8164
      3265 8176 3265 8184 3264 8188 3262 8202
      3266 8208 3283 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 275DEG 38KT 3297 8211 3263 8238

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 12:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		4 hr
Jul 5, 3:13 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	15 hr
Jul 5, 5:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		16 hr
Jul 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	55 min
Jul 5, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	42 min
Jul 5, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	59 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	39 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston	38 min
Jul 5, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		59 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every 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.