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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC

March 27, 2000Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 7:22 PM EST for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 27, 2000, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2000, 8:00 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 821 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
821 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

573 
WUUS52 KCHS 280022
SVRCHS
GAC031-103-280100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
722 PM EST MON MAR 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 721 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKLET...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES EAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND 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 3253 8168 3236 8176 3218 8129 3239 8119

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.