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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 31, 2021Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

Counties Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 31, 2:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 48	Reidsville Airport, GA	THE AWOS SITE AT THE REIDSVILLE AIRPORT (KRVJ) MEASURED A 48 MPH WIND GUST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

675 
WWUS82 KCHS 311821
SPSCHS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
221 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

GAZ114-115-137-138-311845-
Evans-Tattnall-Inland Liberty-Long-
221 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EVANS, LIBERTY, LONG
AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...

At 220 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Plant Hatch to
near Surrency to Offerman, and moving northeast at 40 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 these storms include...
Hinesville, Reidsville, Glennville, Ludowici, Tibet, Walthourville,
Collins and Gumbranch.

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 3216 8218 3228 8222 3198 8169 3157 8157
      3154 8168 3159 8170 3167 8185 3179 8195
      3179 8199 3182 8202 3181 8203 3186 8211
      3190 8211 3189 8213 3191 8213 3192 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 241DEG 35KT 3196 8236 3166 8217 3142 8212 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Adam

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		47 min
Aug 31, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	26 min
Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Jasper	25 min
Aug 31, 3:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		38 hr
Aug 31, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	48 min
Aug 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
Aug 31, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		54 min
Aug 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	33 min
Aug 31, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	37 min
Aug 31, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	McIntosh	33 min
Aug 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Candler, Evans, Jenkins	30 min
Aug 31, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	31 min
Aug 31, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven	29 min
Aug 31, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.