Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2000, 1:09 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- May 22, 2000, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2000, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Hinesville, GA | Trees and large limbs 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCHS 221710 RRA SVRCHS GAC179-183-221730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 109 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT STEWART...HINESVILLE LONG COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LUDOWICI...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORT STEWART AT 115 PM EDT ALLENHURST...WALTHOURVILLE...4 MILES SOUTH OF HINESVILLE AT 120 PM EDT IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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 b3193 8184 3169 8190 3164 8150 3192 8140 TJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 37 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.