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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Charleston, SC

June 28, 1995Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 3:02 PM EDT for Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2413 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ100-116-281830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1241 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST BULLOCH COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF NEVILS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS, THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND URBAN
STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING IN THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE COUNTY LINE OF BULLOCH AND
CHATHAM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

END

J H
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ100-116-281830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1241 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST BULLOCH COUNTY NEAR THE
TOWN OF NEVILS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS, THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND URBAN
STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING IN THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE COUNTY LINE OF BULLOCH AND
CHATHAM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
PBE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

END

J H

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley66 min
Jun 28, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSDorchester68 min
Jun 28, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton61 min
Jun 28, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Hampton, Jasper40 min
Jun 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston58 min
Jun 28, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.