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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC

May 2, 2004Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2004, 4:05 PM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 2, 2004, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2004, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
25 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2004-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 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 2004-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

310 
WUUS52 KCHS 022005
SVRCHS
GAC029-179-022030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
404 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLEMINGTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
  HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  FLEMINGTON AND TRINITY...
  PEMBROKE...
  ELLABELL AND LANIER...

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

ADDITIONAL DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER
COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3193 8176 3182 8159 3205 8138 3222 8144
      3217 8169

$$

PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Jenkins30 min
May 2, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven49 min
May 2, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch46 min
May 2, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham34 min
May 2, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham40 min
May 2, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham16 min
May 2, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty33 min
May 2, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham43 min
May 2, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham20 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.