Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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
- Jul 3, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 3, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Millen, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED ONE TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725
WUUS52 KCHS 032050
SVRCHS
GAC031-165-251-032145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0127.120703T2050Z-120703T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
450 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
WEST CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR SCARBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SCARBORO...MILLEN...ROCKY FORD...EMMALANE...BUTTS...HERNDON...
PORTAL...
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 3288 8213 3292 8209 3293 8196 3296 8187
3294 8184 3266 8174 3245 8196 3247 8198
3251 8197 3253 8201 3256 8203 3261 8201
3266 8209 3282 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 046DEG 6KT 3270 8186
$$4 follow-up statements
818
WWUS52 KCHS 032107
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
GAC251-032118-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
SCREVEN GA-
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3285 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209 3293 8196
3296 8186 3294 8184 3283 8180 3268 8187
3266 8186 3253 8201 3256 8203 3261 8201
3266 8209 3282 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 052DEG 7KT 3268 8192 3289 8195
$$
GAC031-165-032145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SCARBORO TO PERKINS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS...
EMMALANE...HERNDON...MILLEN...PERKINS AND SCARBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
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 3285 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209 3293 8196
3296 8186 3294 8184 3283 8180 3268 8187
3266 8186 3253 8201 3256 8203 3261 8201
3266 8209 3282 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 052DEG 7KT 3268 8192 3289 8195
$$257
WWUS52 KCHS 032124
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
GAC031-165-032145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FOUR POINTS TO LINCOLN STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS...
EMMALANE...HERNDON...MILLEN...PERKINS AND SCARBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8215 3295 8189 3296 8186 3268 8187
3253 8201 3256 8203 3261 8201 3266 8209
3282 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 056DEG 8KT 3268 8200 3281 8201
$$184
WWUS52 KCHS 032136
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
536 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
GAC031-165-032145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-
536 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND SOUTHWESTERN JENKINS COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FOUR POINTS TO EMMALANE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS...
EMMALANE...HERNDON AND MILLEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
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 3285 8215 3283 8191 3266 8192 3253 8201
3256 8203 3261 8201 3266 8209 3282 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 056DEG 8KT 3261 8205 3278 8203
$$808
WWUS52 KCHS 032145
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
545 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
GAC031-165-032155-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-
545 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH
AND SOUTHWESTERN JENKINS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IF THE STORM
RESTRENGTHENS...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3285 8215 3283 8191 3266 8192 3253 8201
3256 8203 3261 8201 3266 8209 3282 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 056DEG 8KT 3260 8207 3277 8205
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 48 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.