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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Charleston, SC

July 25, 1995Bulloch County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Bulloch County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 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 252212 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC031-252315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
612 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...BULLOCH COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BULLOCH/CANDLER COUNTY LINE IS MOVING
DUE SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF PORTAL AND
REGISTER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TJR

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, Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

SCZ040-042>045-047>050-262000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL COASTAL
    SOUTH CAROLINA...

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A HEAT ADVISORY EXTENDING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
90S FOR INLAND LOCATIONS AND NEAR 90 DEGREES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 50
PERCENT CREATE HEAT INDEXES APPROACHING THE 110 DEGREE LEVEL. A HEAT
INDEX OF 105 IS WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR
PHYSICAL STRESS.

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE CAN RESULT FROM CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THE HOT CONDITIONS.

REDUCE PHYSICAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC
LIQUIDS AND WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS AND HOMES.

MJR

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SCZ040-042>045-047>050-262000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995

...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL COASTAL
    SOUTH CAROLINA...

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A HEAT ADVISORY EXTENDING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
90S FOR INLAND LOCATIONS AND NEAR 90 DEGREES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 50
PERCENT CREATE HEAT INDEXES APPROACHING THE 110 DEGREE LEVEL. A HEAT
INDEX OF 105 IS WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR
PHYSICAL STRESS.

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE CAN RESULT FROM CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THE HOT CONDITIONS.

REDUCE PHYSICAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC
LIQUIDS AND WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS AND HOMES.

MJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Chatham	64 min
Jul 25, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Candler	69 min
Jul 25, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan	67 min
Jul 25, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty	68 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.