Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2012, 8:33 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
- Jul 28, 2012, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Burke County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nnw Waynesboro, GA | TREES DOWN AT STORY MILL ROAD |
| Jul 28, 8:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, GA | ONE TREE DOWN AT USHER ROAD NORTH OF WAYNESBORO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
241
WUUS52 KCAE 290033
SVRCAE
GAC033-290130-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0200.120729T0033Z-120729T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
833 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
BURKE COUNTY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOLL FREE 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3324 8220 3328 8217 3326 8213 3323 8210
3324 8206 3320 8190 3309 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 310DEG 11KT 3322 8212
$$
LMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 24 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.