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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 6:43 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 2, 2021, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
746
WWUS82 KCHS 022243
SPSCHS
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
643 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
GAZ101-118-SCZ047-022315-
Effingham-Inland Chatham-Inland Jasper-
643 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM, CHATHAM
AND JASPER COUNTIES...
At 643 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Port Wentworth, or near Godley Station,
moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...strong winds 45 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar Indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Springfield, Godley Station, Rincon, Port Wentworth, Hardeeville,
Guyton, Purysburgh and Meinhard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so. You can also email your
report to nws.charlestonsc@noaa.gov.
&&
LAT...LON 3235 8139 3237 8116 3220 8104 3219 8105
3218 8105 3218 8113 3217 8116 3218 8117
3218 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 259DEG 7KT 3224 8119
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 78 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 117 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 85 min |
| Aug 2, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 97 min |
| Aug 2, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 89 min |
| Aug 2, 7:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Tattnall | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.