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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Charleston, SC

June 10, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 9:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
Jun 10, 2012, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 9:44 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 9:07 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Cobbtown, GAA SHERIFF REPORTED TREES DOWN ON WOODROW WILLIAMS ROAD.

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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2012-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1469 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

913 
WUUS52 KCHS 110104
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-109-267-110200-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0102.120611T0104Z-120611T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
904 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
  ALINE TO COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
  TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  COLLINS...COBBTOWN...MANASSAS...METTER...BELLVILLE...PULASKI...
  HAGAN...PORTAL...WESTSIDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024...WHEN IT IS
SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3243 8219 3247 8219 3253 8215 3256 8209
      3255 8203 3260 8201 3261 8200 3265 8182
      3221 8164 3206 8221 3218 8219 3223 8222
      3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 260DEG 31KT 3248 8217 3215 8208

$$

JRL
2 follow-up statements
864 
WWUS52 KCHS 110126
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
926 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

GAC031-043-109-267-110200-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120611T0200Z/
TATTNALL GA-EVANS GA-BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-
926 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR CANDLER...WESTERN BULLOCH...NORTHERN EVANS AND NORTH CENTRAL
TATTNALL COUNTIES...

AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HOPEULIKIT TO BELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...ALINE...BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COBBTOWN...COLLINS... 
DENMARK...HAGAN...HOPEULIKIT...MANASSAS...METTER...PORTAL... 
PULASKI...REGISTER...REIDSVILLE...STATESBORO AND WESTSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 3219 8216 3232 8217 3243 8215 3256 8209
      3255 8203 3260 8201 3261 8200 3265 8182
      3221 8164 3208 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 260DEG 29KT 3253 8183 3217 8195

$$
622 
WWUS52 KCHS 110144
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
944 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

GAC031-043-109-267-110154-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120611T0200Z/
TATTNALL GA-EVANS GA-BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-
944 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CANDLER...WESTERN BULLOCH...
NORTHERN EVANS AND NORTH CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 944 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND 
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO 
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3219 8216 3232 8217 3243 8215 3256 8209
      3255 8203 3260 8201 3261 8200 3265 8182
      3221 8164 3208 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 260DEG 29KT 3255 8166 3219 8178

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJenkins38 min
Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler58 min
Jun 10, 11:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSChatham37 min
Jun 11, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jun 11, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSScreven50 min
Jun 11, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven53 min
Jun 11, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham32 min
Jun 11, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Candler33 min
Jun 11, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Liberty24 min
Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall64 min
Jun 11, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Effingham25 min
Jun 11, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Liberty, McIntosh24 min
Jun 11, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEffingham30 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh61 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong, McIntosh33 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh65 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS114 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jun 11, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh65 min
Jun 11, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr

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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.