Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2011, 4:36 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 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 9, 2011, 4:36 PM EST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834
WUUS52 KCHS 092136
SVRCHS
GAC179-183-191-267-092230-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0002.110309T2136Z-110309T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
436 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
WESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 435 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENNVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MENDES...GLENNVILLE...DONALD...GUM BRANCH...LUDOWICI...GUM
BRANCH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3147 8162 3156 8170 3158 8170
3161 8177 3165 8180 3165 8184 3178 8196
3178 8200 3187 8211 3201 8209 3196 8147
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 271DEG 27KT 3180 8205
$$4 follow-up statements
729
WWUS52 KCHS 092151
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
451 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC179-183-191-267-092230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2230Z/
LONG GA-TATTNALL GA-MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-
451 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR WESTERN LIBERTY...WESTERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL AND
LONG COUNTIES...
AT 445 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOBLE...
OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENHURST...COX...DONALD...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GLENNVILLE...
GUM BRANCH...HINESVILLE...JONES...LUDOWICI...MCINTOSH...MENDES...
MIDWAY...RETREAT...RICEBORO...TIBET...TOWNSEND...WALTHOURVILLE AND
CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3147 8162 3156 8170 3158 8170
3161 8177 3165 8180 3165 8184 3178 8196
3178 8200 3187 8211 3201 8209 3196 8147
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 270DEG 31KT 3181 8188
$$786
WWUS52 KCHS 092204
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
504 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC267-092214-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2230Z/
TATTNALL GA-
504 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 504 PM...THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED TATTNALL COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3159 8171 3161 8177 3165 8180
3165 8184 3175 8192 3178 8198 3181 8198
3189 8190 3196 8189 3199 8185 3195 8148
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 270DEG 31KT 3181 8175
$$
GAC179-183-191-092230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2230Z/
LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-
504 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR WESTERN LIBERTY...WESTERN MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES...
AT 500 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JONES
CREEK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENHURST...COX...DONALD...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GUM BRANCH...
HINESVILLE...JONES...LUDOWICI...MCINTOSH...MIDWAY...RETREAT...
RICEBORO...TIBET...TOWNSEND...WALTHOURVILLE AND CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3159 8171 3161 8177 3165 8180
3165 8184 3175 8192 3178 8198 3181 8198
3189 8190 3196 8189 3199 8185 3195 8148
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 270DEG 31KT 3181 8175
$$563
WWUS52 KCHS 092219
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
519 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC179-183-191-092230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2230Z/
LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-
519 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR WESTERN LIBERTY...WESTERN MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELIM...OR 5 MILES WEST
OF HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENHURST...COX...DONALD...FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GUM BRANCH...
HINESVILLE...JONES...LUDOWICI...MCINTOSH...MIDWAY...RETREAT...
RICEBORO...TIBET...TOWNSEND...WALTHOURVILLE AND CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3159 8171 3161 8177 3165 8180
3165 8184 3175 8192 3178 8198 3181 8198
3189 8190 3196 8189 3199 8185 3195 8148
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 270DEG 31KT 3180 8164
$$335
WWUS52 KCHS 092231
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
531 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC179-183-191-092241-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T2230Z/
LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-
531 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LIBERTY...WESTERN
MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EST...
AT 530 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3140 8158 3159 8171 3161 8177 3165 8180
3165 8184 3175 8192 3178 8198 3181 8198
3189 8190 3196 8189 3199 8185 3195 8148
3193 8140 3184 8137 3134 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 270DEG 31KT 3180 8163
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Long, Screven and 1 more | 59 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.