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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC

March 26, 2002McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 5:46 PM EST for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 26, 2002, 5:46 PM EST (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2002, 6:15 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County McIntosh County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 5:55 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EEulonia, GASeveral trees down.

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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.

000 
WUUS52 KCHS 262246
SVRCHS
GAC191-262315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
545 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 615 PM EST.

* AT 545 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
  COX TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  DARIEN.
  RIDGEVILLE.
  TOWNSEND.
  CARNIGAN.
  MERIDIAN.
  EULONIA.
  CRESCENT.
  VALONA.
  SHELLMAN BLUFF.

NICKEL 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 3149 8172 3120 8145 3132 8098 3165 8123

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 4:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.