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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Charleston, SC

June 26, 2001Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2001, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2001, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Screven County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDTHail 0.88Sylvania, GA

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2001-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2731 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 2001-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
2731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCHS 261830
SVRCHS
GAC251-261915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SCREVEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.

* AT 230 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  CAPTOLO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTH AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HUNTERS.
  ALTMAN.
  SYLVANIA.
  HILLTONIA.

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 3263 8179 3254 8163 3275 8145 3297 8163

WOODWORTH
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch31 min
Jun 26, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham49 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.