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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC

March 15, 1996Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 8:34 PM EST for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 1996, 8:34 PM EST (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 1996, 9:30 PM EST
In force
56 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, 1.6 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 1996-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 1996-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCHS 160135 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC165-160230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
834 PM EST FRI MAR 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...JENKINS COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BURKE COUNTY
MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF
PERKINS AND MAY AFFECT MILLEN.
 
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven57 min
Mar 16, 5:54 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Jenkins66 min
Mar 16, 6:36 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSScreven69 min
Mar 16, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSCandler49 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.