Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 1:46 PM EST for Liberty County, Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 4 reports 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
- Feb 26, 2008, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | Ludowici, GA | PENNY SIZE HAIL FELL FOR 20 MINUTES. |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Ludowici, GA | |
| Feb 26, 2:10 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Se Hinesville, GA | |
| Feb 26, 2:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ludowici, GA | TREE FELL ON CAR IN LUDOWICI ON HIGHWAY 84. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 11:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCHS 261846
SVRCHS
GAC179-183-261930-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0013.080226T1846Z-080226T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
146 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EST
* AT 146 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
MILES WEST OF LUDOWICI...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JESUP...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
LUDOWICI...
ALLENHURST...WALTHOURVILLE...
HINESVILLE...
MCINTOSH...CROSSROADS...
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3179 8196 3188 8161 3172 8137 3168 8147
3170 8149 3168 8150 3166 8152 3159 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 248DEG 56KT 3168 8198
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 261857
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
157 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
GAC179-183-261930-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080226T1930Z/
LONG GA-LIBERTY GA-
157 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHERN LONG COUNTIES...
AT 157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
AT 155 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND IN JESUP.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENHURST...CROSSROADS...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...RICEBORO AND
WALTHOURVILLE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3179 8196 3188 8161 3172 8137 3168 8147
3170 8149 3168 8150 3166 8152 3159 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 249DEG 56KT 3171 8176
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 261925
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
225 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
GAC179-183-261935-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080226T1930Z/
LONG GA-LIBERTY GA-
225 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHERN
LONG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EST...
AT 225 PM 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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3179 8196 3188 8161 3172 8137 3168 8147
3170 8149 3168 8150 3166 8152 3159 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 249DEG 56KT 3187 8128
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 11:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 12:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 49 min |
| Feb 26, 12:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 12:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty | 53 min |
| Feb 26, 1:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 27 min |
| Feb 26, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 26 min |
| Feb 26, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 34 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.