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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Columbia, SC

March 31, 2002Richmond County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 2:08 PM EST for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
Mar 31, 2002, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2002, 2:30 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Richmond County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 2:20 PM ESTHail 0.75Augusta, GAGeneral public reported dime size hail in Augusta.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2002-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 775 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 2002-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

043 
WUUS52 KCAE 311908
SVRCAE
GAC245-311930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
207 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EST.

* AT 208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HEPHZIBAH..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

RCC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia, McDuffie48 min
Mar 31, 1:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond38 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.