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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 29, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Burke County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164
WUUS52 KCAE 291928
SVRCAE
GAC033-292015-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0203.120729T1928Z-120729T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 325 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 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WAYNESBORO
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 3302 8229 3303 8229 3328 8216 3327 8213
3326 8213 3323 8210 3324 8206 3323 8204
3323 8197 3325 8194 3324 8187 3295 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 287DEG 8KT 3318 8210
$$
LMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Burke | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.