Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2012, 3:51 PM EDT for Burke County, Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Burke County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
213
WUUS52 KCAE 291951
SVRCAE
GAC033-245-SCC003-011-292030-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0204.120729T1951Z-120729T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
351 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN AIKEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 350 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 12
MILES WEST OF SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...
WAYNESBORO AND SARDIS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3292 8209 3335 8195 3329 8154 3315 8152
3315 8155 3310 8160 3308 8159 3304 8154
3293 8173 3292 8179 3294 8182 3294 8188
3292 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 278DEG 12KT 3322 8181
$$
LM1 follow-up statement
187
WWUS52 KCAE 292015
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
415 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
GAC033-245-SCC003-011-292025-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0204.000000T0000Z-120729T2030Z/
RICHMOND GA-BURKE GA-AIKEN SC-BARNWELL SC-
415 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARNWELL...AIKEN...BURKE AND
RICHMOND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1...8 7
7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3292 8209 3335 8195 3329 8154 3315 8152
3315 8155 3310 8160 3308 8159 3304 8154
3293 8173 3292 8179 3294 8182 3294 8188
3292 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 278DEG 12KT 3321 8171
$$
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, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lancaster | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 99 min |
| Jul 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richland | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Richland, Sumter | 63 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.