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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 2:29 PM EDT for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2021, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
582
WWUS82 KCHS 091829
SPSCHS
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
229 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ140-141-091900-
Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
229 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCINTOSH COUNTY...
At 228 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Cox, or 11 miles northwest of Darien, moving
west at 15 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...
Darien and Cox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. Do not drive your
vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3138 8154 3138 8155 3139 8157 3143 8161
3145 8162 3147 8161 3149 8165 3154 8167
3158 8155 3136 8142 3135 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 073DEG 11KT 3144 8160
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 9, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 33 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.