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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Charleston, SC

May 25, 2003Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2003, 6:20 PM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 25, 2003, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1865 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 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 252220
SVRCHS
GAC029-179-252300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT STEWART...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT STEWART AND MCINTOSH...
  RICHMOND HILL AND BELFAST...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AT 843-747-5046.

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

LAT...LON 3180 8128 3181 8154 3198 8156 3203 8134
          3189 8124 3190 8121 3186 8120 3180 8120

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.