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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC

March 17, 1996Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 9:20 AM EST for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 1996, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 1996, 10:00 AM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Screven County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 9:40 AM ESTHail 0.75Sylvania, GA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCHS 171422 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC251-171500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
920 AM EST SUN MAR 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...SCREVEN COUNTY
 
A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS JENKINS COUNTY AT 920 AM
WILL CROSS MOST OF SCREVEN COUNTY THROUGH 1000 AM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBulloch57 min
Mar 16, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven59 min
Mar 17, 9:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJenkins50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.