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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC

April 13, 2005Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2005, 6:58 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 13, 2005, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 132259
SVRCAE
GAC033-132345-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0024.050413T2258Z-050413T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
658 PM EDT WED APR 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 649 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES        
  SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...OR 20 MILES          
  SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MIDVILLE BY 720 PM EDT.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1, 8 0 0,
7 7 5, 7 1 9 9.

LAT...LON 3306 8229 3293 8244 3261 8209 3278 8189

$$

TTH

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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.