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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

July 31, 2021Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Charleston 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 30, 7:17 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:17 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 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 30, 8:01 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	24 hr
Jul 31, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	35 min
Jul 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	115 min
Jul 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	30 min
Jul 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		32 hr
Jul 31, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	24 min
Jul 31, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	31 min
Jul 31, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		57 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	37 min
Jul 31, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	34 min
Jul 31, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	36 min
Jul 31, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	34 min
Jul 31, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	23 min
Jul 31, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	31 min
Jul 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	28 min
Jul 31, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	37 min
Jul 31, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	29 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.