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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Charleston, SC

July 31, 20248 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this heat advisory at Jul 31, 2024, 3:16 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 31, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2024, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 31, 2024, 6:14 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2895 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 31, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:10 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchCHS12 hr
Jul 31, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham41 min
Jul 31, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS96 min
Jul 31, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh30 min
Jul 31, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS62 min
Jul 31, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Screven39 min
Jul 31, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham, Screven45 min
Jul 30, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton49 min
Jul 31, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper52 min
Jul 31, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSColleton23 min
Jul 31, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper46 min

Nearby

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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.