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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Charleston, SC

June 20, 2000Bryan County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2000, 3:53 PM EDT for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Bryan County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 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 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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.

205 
WUUS52 KCHS 201953
SVRCHS
GAC029-202030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
353 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 348 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.

$$

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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.