Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2007, 8:33 AM EST for Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2007, 8:33 AM EST (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:45 AM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Skidaway Island, GA | PENNY-SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCHS 021334
SVRCHS
GAC051-021400-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0013.070302T1333Z-070302T1400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
833 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EST
* AT 831 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VERNONBURG...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND
HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
SKIDAWAY ISLAND...ISLE OF HOPE...
WILMINGTON ISLAND...RIVERSIDE...
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 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 3192 8126 3181 8110 3181 8096 3191 8070
3207 8101
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 021346
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
GAC051-021400-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070302T1400Z/
CHATHAM GA-
845 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
FOR CHATHAM COUNTY...
AT 845 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TYBEE ISLAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.
AROUND 840 AM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE SKIDAWAY ISLAND
STATE PARK.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3195 8115 3184 8105 3184 8099 3191 8070
3206 8099
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 021356
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
855 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
GAC051-021405-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070302T1400Z/
CHATHAM GA-
855 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 AM EST...
AT 855 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3195 8115 3184 8105 3184 8099 3191 8070
3206 8099
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Mar 1, 8:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 92 min | |
| Mar 2, 2:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 4:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Effingham | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:49 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.