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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC

March 27, 2000Candler County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 5:55 PM EST for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2000, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2000, 6:30 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Candler County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 6:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMetter, GASeveral trees down.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2000-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 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 2000-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 
WUUS52 KCHS 272255
SVRCHS
GAC043-272330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
555 PM EST MON MAR 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF METTER

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 553 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF METTER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. 
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING 
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND 
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.
$$

LAT...LON 3257 8234 3239 8235 3225 8199 3251 8198

RVT/TJR

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.