Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 5:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Nne Hinesville, GA | FORT STEWART ASOS REPORTED EAST WIND OF 24 GUSTING TO 53 KTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303
WUUS52 KCHS 252049
SVRCHS
GAC029-179-252145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0162.120725T2049Z-120725T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
449 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLEMINGTON TO 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT STEWART...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FLEMINGTON...HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...
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 3181 8167 3207 8165 3202 8144 3188 8144
3183 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 051DEG 4KT 3186 8154 3200 8151
$$3 follow-up statements
574
WWUS52 KCHS 252103
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
503 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
GAC029-179-252145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-120725T2145Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
503 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BRYAN AND CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FLEMINGTON TO TRINITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
AT 455 PM EDT...A GUST TO 49 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT FORT STEWART.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...HINESVILLE AND MCINTOSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8167 3207 8165 3202 8144 3188 8144
3183 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 051DEG 4KT 3185 8155 3199 8152
$$757
WWUS52 KCHS 252109
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
509 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
GAC029-179-252145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-120725T2145Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
509 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BRYAN AND CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FLEMINGTON TO TRINITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...
AT 457 PM...A GUST TO 61 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT FORT STEWART.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...HINESVILLE AND MCINTOSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS
DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO AND ARE CAPABLE OF FLIPPING AUTOMOBILES AND
MOBILE HOMES. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND AVOID
WINDOWS.
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 3181 8167 3207 8165 3202 8144 3188 8144
3183 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 051DEG 4KT 3185 8156 3199 8153
$$050
WWUS52 KCHS 252134
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
534 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
GAC029-179-252144-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-120725T2145Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
534 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BRYAN AND CENTRAL
LIBERTY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 534 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3181 8167 3207 8165 3202 8144 3188 8144
3183 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 051DEG 4KT 3183 8159 3197 8156
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Jul 24, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 117 min | |
| Jul 24, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 82 min | |
| Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 14 min |
| Jul 25, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 10 min |
| Jul 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 32 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.