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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

August 8, 2023Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 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 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

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: 1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 Aug 8, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
420 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

GAZ116>119-SCZ051-082100-
Coastal Chatham-Inland Chatham-Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Coastal
Jasper-
420 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BRYAN, CHATHAM AND
JASPER COUNTIES...

At 419 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Burroughs, or over Richmond Hill, moving
east at 25 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...
Richmond Hill, Tybee Island, Wilmington Island, Fort Pulaski National
Monument, Hunter Army Airfield, Midtown Savannah, Coffee Bluff, and
Downtown Savannah.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify. Be certain to monitor local radio and TV
stations as well as local cable TV outlets for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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 3191 8137 3203 8132 3207 8085 3206 8085
      3204 8082 3197 8082 3182 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 273DEG 20KT 3197 8128

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

BSH

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
421 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

GAZ116-117-119-137>141-082100-
Inland McIntosh-Coastal Liberty-Inland Liberty-Coastal Chatham-Inland
Bryan-Coastal McIntosh-Coastal Bryan-Long-
421 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BRYAN, LIBERTY,
MCINTOSH, CHATHAM AND LONG COUNTIES...

At 421 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near McIntosh, or near Hinesville, moving east at
20 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...
Hinesville, McIntosh, Walthourville, Midway, Riceboro, Flemington,
Allenhurst, and Harris Neck.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify. Be certain to monitor local radio and TV
stations as well as local cable TV outlets for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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 3171 8164 3186 8160 3187 8114 3160 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 276DEG 18KT 3178 8155

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

BSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Hampton, Jasper	65 min
Aug 7, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	63 min
Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	28 min
Aug 7, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		116 min
Aug 7, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		114 min
Aug 7, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort	32 min
Aug 7, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	33 min
Aug 7, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		77 min
Aug 8, 3:06 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	17 hr
Aug 8, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	64 min
Aug 8, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	54 min
Aug 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Aug 8, 3:06 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	CHS	Long	17 hr
Aug 8, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Chatham	40 min
Aug 8, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Evans, Long, Tattnall	56 min
Aug 8, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	54 min
Aug 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more	66 min
Aug 8, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Long, Tattnall	55 min
Aug 8, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh	67 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.