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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

January 2, 1999Candler County, Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 1999, 9:45 PM EST for Candler County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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: Jan 2, 1999, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 1999, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Candler County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 2, 9:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 811 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.1

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KCHS 030244 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC043-267-030345-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
945 PM EST SAT JAN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EST

* AT 945 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF REIDSVILLE... MOVING
  NE AT 35 MPH.

* A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  REIDSVILLE BY 1000 PM
  METTER BY 1005 PM
  GLENVILLE BY 1015 PM

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

DUTTER/COLE

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.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 2, 8:45 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 8:45 PM EST, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 PM EST SAT JAN 2 1999

WMFNT HAS MOVED THRU CHS AREA DURG THE PAST HOUR AND WINDS HAVE
BECOME SLY AND INCREASED TO NR 20 KT. TEMPS HAVE WARMED TO THE
MID 60S. TEMPS WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ON THE ZONE UPDATE. 01Z
ADAP SHOWS SFC LOW ACRS S CNTRL GA WITH SIG MSTR CONVERGENCE
OCCURRING ACRS FA ATTM. NOW SEEMS LIKELY THAT TSRA ALG AND AHD
OF FNT THRU CNTRL GA WILL MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY TO THE CSTL
SXNS LTR TNGT. ALREADY SOME STORMS ACRS THE MARINE AREA ALG CSTL
FNT ARE BCMG STG PROMPTING ISSUANCE OF A SMW FM EDISTO NWD THIS
EVE. SPC HAS ISSUED ANOTHER TOR WATCH 7 VAILID UNTIL 3 AM FOR
JUST ABOUT THE SAME SE GA CNTYS WITHIN OUR FA AS PREV WATCH AND
ADJ CSTL WATERS. LTL CHG TO CSTL WATERS UPDATE.

.CHS...SCA S SANTEE RIVER TO ALTAMAHA SOUND.

JAC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 2, 7:30 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
730 PM EST SAT JAN 2 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0555 PM    MENDES                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
01/02/99   TATTNALL                       LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN 5
                                          MILES SW OF MENDES

DUTTER

Local storm report, Jan 2, 7:30 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
730 PM EST SAT JAN 2 1999

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0555 PM    MENDES                    GA   WIND DAMAGE
01/02/99   TATTNALL                       LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN 5
                                          MILES SW OF MENDES

DUTTER

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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.