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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

September 22, 2021Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Sep 22, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
Sep 22, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 773 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2021-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Sep 22, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 3:22 AM EDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
322 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-230730-
Charleston Harbor-
Waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM-
Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM-
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 NM, including
Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary-
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA from 20 to 60 NM-
Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans-
Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-
Inland Jasper-Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper-
Tidal Berkeley-
322 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters,
southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 4:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper33 min
Sep 22, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester34 min
Sep 22, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester31 min
Sep 22, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton, Dorchester44 min
Sep 22, 6:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Jasper64 min
Sep 22, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Dorchester62 min
Sep 22, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton24 min
Sep 22, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham28 min
Sep 22, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Liberty40 min
Sep 22, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh12 min
Sep 22, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham, Liberty, McIntosh46 min
Sep 22, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh46 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.