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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2002Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 7:12 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2002, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 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 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 032312
SVRCAE
GAC033-032345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
710 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO..MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
    WAYNESBORO.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3307 8233 3288 8231 3300 8166 3318 8174

RCC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia47 min
May 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond42 min
May 3, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEMcDuffie23 min
May 3, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCAERichmond29 min
May 3, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.