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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, SC

July 6, 1995Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 9:41 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
49 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, 1.7 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 1995-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2934 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
2934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 
TTAA00 KCHS 070142 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC165-070230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
941 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...JENKINS COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF
JENKINS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE
OVER MILLENS BY 950 PM.
.
 
 
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.

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

Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
540 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
520 PM     LODGE                     SC   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
07/06/95   COLLETON                       TRAINED SPOTTER

SLB
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
540 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
520 PM     LODGE                     SC   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
07/06/95   COLLETON                       TRAINED SPOTTER

SLB

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.