Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2009, 11:43 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2009, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2009, 12:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 11:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Glennville, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCHS 290343
SVRCHS
GAC179-183-267-290430-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0021.090329T0343Z-090329T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1143 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1140 PM EDT...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 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONALD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
DONALD...GLENNVILLE...
GUM BRANCH...
HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM 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 3174 8192 3176 8195 3178 8197 3178 8199
3184 8208 3205 8185 3205 8176 3208 8173
3189 8149 3171 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 229DEG 62KT 3175 8200
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 290355
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1155 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
GAC179-183-267-290430-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090329T0430Z/
LONG GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
1155 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...SOUTHERN TATTNALL AND NORTHWESTERN LONG
COUNTIES...
AT 1153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BEARDS CREEK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DONALD...
FLEMINGTON...GLENNVILLE...GUM BRANCH AND HINESVILLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3174 8192 3176 8195 3178 8197 3178 8199
3184 8208 3205 8185 3205 8176 3208 8173
3189 8149 3171 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 227DEG 60KT 3191 8183
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 290404
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1204 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
GAC179-183-267-290430-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090329T0430Z/
LONG GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
1204 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL AND EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL LONG COUNTIES...
AT 1202 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN GLENNVILLE
WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER 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 3194 8177 3200 8188 3205 8185 3205 8176
3208 8173 3200 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 219DEG 63KT 3206 8173
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 290413
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1213 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
GAC179-183-267-290423-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090329T0430Z/
LONG GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
1213 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL AND NORTH CENTRAL LONG COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 1211 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3194 8177 3200 8188 3205 8185 3205 8176
3208 8173 3200 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 219DEG 63KT 3218 8161
$$
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 29 min | |
| Mar 28, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 68 min | |
| Mar 29, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 12:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | McIntosh | 87 min |
| Mar 29, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 66 min | |
| Mar 29, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Mar 29, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 88 min | |
| Mar 29, 3:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 89 min | |
| Mar 29, 5:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Mar 29, 6:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 72 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.