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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC

March 25, 2005McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2005, 7:01 AM EST for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 25, 2005, 7:01 AM EST (12:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 7:47 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 5:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2005-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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 251201
SVRCHS
GAC191-251245-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0021.050325T1201Z-050325T1245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
701 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 AM EST

* AT 657 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF COX...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF
  DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  COX...
  TOWNSEND...
  VALONA AND MERIDIAN...
  SAPELO ISLAND AND SHELLMAN BLUFF...

VERY LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH MOVE INDOORS TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3152 8173 3137 8171 3134 8127 3160 8120
      3164 8138

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 251247
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
746 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

GAC191-251256-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050325T1245Z/
MCINTOSH-
746 AM EST FRI MAR 25 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY EXPIRED AT 
745 AM EST...

AT 744 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THESE STORMS
PRODUCED LARGE HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE
COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM
RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO
IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CHARLESTON.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3152 8173 3137 8171 3134 8127 3160 8120
      3164 8138

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS88 min
Mar 25, 6:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong, Tattnall54 min
Mar 25, 7:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS96 min
Mar 25, 7:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty44 min
Mar 25, 7:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan43 min
Mar 25, 7:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham64 min
Mar 25, 7:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSTattnall51 min
Mar 25, 7:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS92 min
Mar 25, 8:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEvans52 min
Mar 25, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS60 min
Mar 25, 8:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long57 min
Mar 25, 9:40 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.