Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2002, 6:11 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2002, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Midway, GA | Numerous trees were downed by high thunderstorm winds. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCHS 282211 SVRCHS GAC179-282245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...FOR DAMAGING WINDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 611 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * UNTIL 645 PM EDT. * AT 611 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES SOUTH OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED NEAR... ALLENHURST...HINESVILLE...MCINTOSH...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 3183 8168 3173 8153 3186 8140 3195 8159 ST
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 237 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002 SCATTERED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER MIDLANDS IN VICINITY OF LEESIDE TROF AND MOVE EAST. MSAS SHOWING GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COAST. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR THE EVENING HOURS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS THE TROF AXIS ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD MOVES OFFSHORE SATURDAY WHILE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS TO OUR WEST. VORT ENERGY BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES SINKS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL CARRY 50 PERCENT POPS FOR SATURDAY. HOWEVER ON SUNDAY BETTER ENERGY WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OVER THE GEORGIA ZONES SO KEPT 50 PERCENT DOWN THERE AND TRIMMED SOUTH CAROLINA ZONES BACK TO 30 PERCENT. GUIDANCE TEMPS CLOSE AND LOOK GOOD. MARINE...LIGHT MAINLY SW FLOW WL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH SUN. SEAS ALREADY DOWN TO 2-3 FT AND SHOULD STAY IN THAT RANGE. WL CARRY MENTION OF SHRA/TSRA TONIGHT AND SAT IN SC WATERS AND TONIGHT THROUGH SUN FOR GA WATERS. CHS 73 89 72 87 / 40 50 30 30 SAV 72 92 71 91 / 40 50 30 50 CHL 73 89 72 87 / 40 50 30 30 NBC 73 89 72 87 / 40 50 30 30 RBW 72 92 71 90 / 40 50 30 30 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. HSA/SCW
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.