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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2019, 1:53 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 4, 2019, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2019, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
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 Aug 4, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1218 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM RIP CURRENTS 1 SSE TYBEE ISLAND 31.99N 80.85W
08/04/2019 AMZ354 GA LIFE GUARD
MULTIPLE, MODERATE RIP CURRENTS SEEN BY THE LIFEGUARDS
NEAR THE TYBEE PIER. 22 RESCUES HAD OCCURRED FROM 11:00
AM UNTIL 12:05 PM.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CHS1900862
RADSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
153 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019
GAZ100-101-116-SCZ047-041845-
Bulloch-Effingham-Inland Bryan-Inland Jasper-
153 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BRYAN...BULLOCH...
EFFINGHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...
At 153 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Egypt to
Blitchton, and moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...strong winds 35 to 45 mph and excessive cloud to ground
lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects. All outdoor activities should
cease. Move indoors immediately.
Some locations in the path of these storms include...
Springfield, Rincon, Guyton, Ebenezer, Egypt, Marlow, Shawnee and
Eden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. Do not drive your
vehicle through flooded roadways.
Excessive cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3249 8153 3256 8133 3256 8130 3255 8129
3256 8129 3255 8128 3260 8123 3265 8109
3228 8112 3209 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 253DEG 20KT 3248 8145 3219 8146The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 9 hr | |
| Aug 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Aug 4, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Screven | 93 min |
| Aug 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham, Liberty | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 36 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.