Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 5:23 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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 5, 2012, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Rincon, GA | THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW DOWN A POWER LINE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 21 AND MCCALL ROAD. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111
WUUS52 KCHS 052123
SVRCHS
GAC103-052230-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0133.120705T2123Z-120705T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
523 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...8 MILES SOUTH OF RINCON ... NEARLY
STATIONARY.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RINCON...MARLOW...
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 3235 8142 3230 8113 3224 8119 3216 8130
3217 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 000DEG 0KT 3219 8128
$$5 follow-up statements
897
WWUS52 KCHS 052139
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
539 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC103-052230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120705T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
539 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLDBROOK THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GUYTON...
MARLOW...PINEORA AND RINCON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3235 8141 3230 8113 3224 8119 3216 8130
3218 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 217DEG 2KT 3221 8126
$$757
WWUS52 KCHS 052151
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
551 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC103-052230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120705T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
551 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
RINCON TO COLDBROOK...AND NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...GUYTON...
PINEORA AND RINCON.
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 3235 8141 3230 8113 3224 8119 3217 8129
3219 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 261DEG 3KT 3232 8122 3223 8132
$$735
WWUS52 KCHS 052200
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC103-052230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120705T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
600 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
RINCON TO COLDBROOK...AND NEARLY STATIONARY.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GUYTON...
PINEORA AND RINCON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8120 3217 8129 3219 8137 3235 8141
3230 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 264DEG 2KT 3230 8122 3222 8133
$$021
WWUS52 KCHS 052217
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
617 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC103-052230-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120705T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
617 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
RINCON TO COLDBROOK THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PINEORA
AND RINCON.
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 3224 8121 3219 8135 3219 8137 3230 8140
3231 8119 3231 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 264DEG 2KT 3230 8121 3222 8132
$$348
WWUS52 KCHS 052224
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
624 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC103-052234-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120705T2230Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
624 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
AT 624 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SAFEST COURSE OF
ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3224 8121 3219 8135 3219 8137 3230 8140
3231 8119 3231 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 264DEG 2KT 3230 8121 3222 8132
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 54 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.