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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Charleston, SC

June 14, 2001Chatham County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT for Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 14, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Chatham County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:53 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESavannah, GALarge limbs and a tree down on a car.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-47 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.

447 
WUUS52 KCHS 142144
SVRCHS
GAC051-142215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
545 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 543 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH
  OF GARDEN CITY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

LAT...LON 3218 8118 3204 8131 3175 8092 3193 8075
          3211 8108

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJenkins, Screven24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.