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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Charleston, SC

October 15, 2009Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2009, 11:44 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2009, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2009, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2009-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2701 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2009-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 11:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLong, McIntosh52 min
Oct 16, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Oct 16, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh33 min
Oct 16, 2:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS75 min
Oct 16, 7:37 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS6 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.