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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 7, 2017Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2017, 4:56 PM EDT for Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 7, 2017, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC

County Dorchester County, SC

The radar

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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 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 23 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 23 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	27 min
Jul 7, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		87 min
Jul 7, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	47 min
Jul 7, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	59 min
Jul 7, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	42 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	64 min
Jul 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		115 min
Jul 7, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	65 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Carolina, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.