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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Charleston, SC

April 8, 2000Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2000, 3:53 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 8, 2000, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Liberty County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 4:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EHinesville, GANumerous power lines 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 081954
SVRCHS
GAC179-082030-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
353 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 350 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF HINESVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HINESVILLE...WRIGHT ARMY AIRFIELD AROUND 400 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JAC/SLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.