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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2017, 2:10 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2017, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2017, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Evans County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 Jul 20, 10:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston SC 335 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2017 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-210745- Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 335 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Coastal Flooding: Tide levels will be elevated this weekend into early next week due to the lunar perigee and new moon. Minor saltwater flooding of low-lying areas could occur during the evening high tides, and Coastal Flood Advisories may be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140- SCZ040-042>045-047-052-210745- 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-Inland Chatham-Long-Inland Liberty-Inland McIntosh- Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley- Inland Jasper-Tidal Berkeley- 335 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2017 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...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 9:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
Issued by National Weather Service Columbia SC
210 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017
GAZ088-099>101-115-201845-
Bulloch GA-Evans GA-Candler GA-Screven GA-Effingham GA-
210 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017
...Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions of south central
Screven...north central Evans...central Bulloch...east central
Candler and northwestern Effingham Counties Until 245 PM EDT...
At 210 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Westside...moving east at 20 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...
Statesboro, Claxton, Middleground, Westside, Brooklet, Pulaski,
Oliver and Register.
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.
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LAT...LON 3240 8199 3262 8175 3251 8135 3214 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 279DEG 18KT 3247 8186The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 3 hr | |
| Jul 19, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Effingham | 82 min |
| Jul 19, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 47 min |
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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.