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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Charleston, SC

March 19, 2003Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2003, 10:04 PM EST for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 19, 2003, 10:04 PM EST (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2003, 10:30 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Long County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1922 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

526 
WUUS52 KCHS 200304
SVRCHS
GAC183-200330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1003 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 1003 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS 18 MILES SOUTH OF LUDOWICI...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  JESUP...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

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

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3169 8185 3157 8166 3157 8166 3160 8158
          3171 8151 3177 8165 3188 8180

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong65 min
Mar 19, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty40 min
Mar 19, 9:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham25 min
Mar 19, 9:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan33 min
Mar 19, 10:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty27 min
Mar 20, 1:39 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLong36 min
Mar 20, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty34 min
Mar 20, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty30 min
Mar 20, 2:02 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty28 min
Mar 20, 2:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan31 min
Mar 20, 2:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong38 min
Mar 20, 2:28 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan32 min
Mar 20, 2:29 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan31 min
Mar 20, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty59 min
Mar 20, 2:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham39 min
Mar 20, 2:41 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler34 min
Mar 20, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham44 min
Mar 20, 3:17 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSScreven43 min
Mar 20, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong36 min
Mar 20, 4:01 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty29 min
Mar 20, 4:07 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.