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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Charleston, SC

April 5, 20116 counties in Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 3:31 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. 10 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
Apr 5, 2011, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 3:45 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Perkins, GAMANY TREES UPROOTED ALL OVER MAGNOLIA SPRINGS STATE PARK. TWO TREES FELL ON A MANAGERS RESIDENCE...NO INJURIES. TREES GENERALLY 30-40 FEET HIGH.
Apr 5, 3:49 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG7 Nnw Metter, GASEVERAL PINE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 23 AND SUNNY SLOPE ROAD.
Apr 5, 3:51 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Metter, GATREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO ROSEMARY CHURCH ROAD.
Apr 5, 3:54 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Metter, GATREES DOWN ALONG HWY 23 NORTH IN CITY LIMITS OF METTER.
Apr 5, 3:55 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Portal, GAA MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED ON PECAN GROVE ROAD.
Apr 5, 3:55 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Emmalane, GATREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF BENNETTS LANDING RD AND OLD SAVANNAH RD.
Apr 5, 3:58 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Portal, GAFOUR STRUCTURES RECEIVED DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PECAN GROVE ROAD AND CL WOODS ROAD. ONE CHURCH HAD STEEPLE AND PORCH DAMAGE. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND DESTROYED. ONE TREE FELL ON ANOTHER MOBILE HOME. ONE HOUSE HAD A
Apr 5, 4:08 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGDover, GATHUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGED A CARPORT.
Apr 5, 4:15 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 604 Ne Statesboro, GA52 KNOT GUST REPORTED AT STATESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
Apr 5, 4:27 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Millett, SCTREE DOWN ALONG HWY 125 BETWEEN MILLETT AND MARTIN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2011-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

323 
WUUS52 KCHS 050731
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-109-165-251-267-SCC005-050830-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0025.110405T0731Z-110405T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
331 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  WESTERN EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  WESTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 331 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HERNDON TO 23 MILES WEST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

  PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  REIDSVILLE...HERNDON...MENDES...COLLINS...PERKINS...MILLEN...
  WESTSIDE...SCARBORO...WOODCLIFF...ROCKY FORD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.

REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 8217 3256 8209 3254 8204 3260 8201
      3266 8210 3282 8215 3292 8208 3295 8185
      3291 8176 3304 8156 3309 8161 3316 8152
      3314 8146 3180 8199 3180 8202 3189 8212
      3191 8223 3219 8219 3234 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 237DEG 75KT 3298 8230 3211 8247

$$
2 follow-up statements
336 
WWUS52 KCHS 050750
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
350 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

GAC031-043-109-165-251-267-SCC005-050830-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110405T0830Z/
EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-CANDLER GA-BULLOCH GA-JENKINS GA-SCREVEN GA-
ALLENDALE SC-
350 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLENDALE...WESTERN SCREVEN...JENKINS...WESTERN
BULLOCH...CANDLER...TATTNALL AND WESTERN EVANS COUNTIES...

AT 349 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WAYNESBORO TO METTER TO PLANT HATCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALINE...
ALTMAN...BELLVILLE...BUTTS...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DOVER...
EMMALANE...GEORGIA SOUTHERN...HAGAN...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...
HOPEULIKIT...MANASSAS...MENDES...METTER...MIDDLEGROUND...MILLEN...
MILLHAVEN...PERKINS...PORTAL...PULASKI...REGISTER...REIDSVILLE...
ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...WESTSIDE...WOODCLIFF
AND MILLETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 8217 3256 8209 3254 8204 3260 8201
      3266 8210 3282 8215 3292 8208 3295 8185
      3291 8176 3304 8156 3309 8161 3316 8152
      3314 8146 3180 8199 3180 8202 3189 8212
      3191 8223 3219 8219 3234 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 237DEG 75KT 3298 8209 3244 8210
          3201 8233

$$
266 
WWUS52 KCHS 050807
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
407 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

GAC031-043-109-165-251-267-SCC005-050830-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110405T0830Z/
EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-CANDLER GA-BULLOCH GA-JENKINS GA-SCREVEN GA-
ALLENDALE SC-
407 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLENDALE...WESTERN SCREVEN...EASTERN JENKINS...
WESTERN BULLOCH...EASTERN CANDLER...TATTNALL AND WESTERN EVANS
COUNTIES...

AT 405 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PERKINS TO BLITCH TO MANASSAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO TO MIDDLEGROUND TO REIDSVILLE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND 
DAMAGE. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALTMAN...
BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN...COLLINS...DOVER...GEORGIA
SOUTHERN...HAGAN...HILLTONIA...HOPEULIKIT...MANASSAS...MENDES...
METTER...MIDDLEGROUND...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...PERKINS...PORTAL...
PULASKI...REGISTER...REIDSVILLE...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...
STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...WESTSIDE...WOODCLIFF AND MILLETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3233 8212 3250 8202 3260 8201 3270 8199
      3282 8197 3293 8199 3295 8185 3291 8176
      3304 8156 3309 8161 3316 8152 3314 8146
      3180 8199 3180 8202 3189 8212 3191 8223
      3218 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0807Z 237DEG 75KT 3307 8181 3261 8180
          3215 8203

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Screven and 1 more62 min
Apr 5, 4:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong27 min
Apr 5, 4:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham56 min
Apr 5, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall63 min
Apr 5, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSChatham29 min
Apr 5, 4:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty56 min
Apr 5, 5:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh65 min
Apr 5, 5:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS117 min
Apr 5, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty61 min
Apr 5, 7:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS61 min
Apr 5, 10:40 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham5 days
Apr 5, 4:39 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSAllendale, Colleton, Hampton40 min
Apr 5, 5:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley37 min
Apr 5, 5:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester65 min
Apr 5, 10:34 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHSBerkeley9 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.