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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 8, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KCHS 082012
SPSCHS
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
412 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
GAZ116-117-137>141-082045-
Inland McIntosh-Coastal Liberty-Inland Liberty-Inland Bryan-Coastal
McIntosh-Coastal Bryan-Long-
412 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BRYAN, LIBERTY,
MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES...
At 411 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Midway to near
Riceboro, and moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...strong winds 45 to 55 mph and excessive cloud to ground
lightning.
SOURCE...Radar Indicated.
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...
Jones, Midway, Riceboro, Halfmoon Landing, Harris Neck, Shellman
Bluff, Retreat and Pine Harbor.
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 3151 8133 3168 8159 3187 8142 3182 8135
3181 8135 3182 8134 3177 8127 3175 8125
3176 8124 3171 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 308DEG 12KT 3180 8140 3170 8149
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 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 119 min |
| Aug 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 82 min |
| Aug 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch | 58 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.