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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC

June 9, 1995Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 8:13 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Jenkins County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1479 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCHS 100013 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC165-100115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
813 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...JENKINS COUNTY
 
RADAR IS INICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JENKINS COUNTY.
THIS STORM HAS HAD HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
TJR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven67 min
Jun 9, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler65 min
Jun 9, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham55 min
Jun 9, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEvans, Tattnall69 min
Jun 9, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham69 min
Jun 9, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong65 min
Jun 9, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, McIntosh64 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.