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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 16, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 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
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
801
WUUS52 KCHS 162049
SVRCHS
GAC103-162130-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0021.120316T2049Z-120316T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
449 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR EGYPT...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
EGYPT...KILDARE...SHAWNEE...GUYTON...SPRINGFIELD...STILLWELL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.
&&
LAT...LON 3259 8139 3258 8135 3257 8135 3254 8127
3254 8128 3252 8124 3246 8120 3221 8131
3230 8146 3233 8146 3233 8148 3235 8150
3251 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 288DEG 7KT 3241 8145
$$1 follow-up statement
655
WWUS52 KCHS 162106
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
506 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
GAC103-162130-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120316T2130Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
506 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUSCULUM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLYO...
EGYPT...KILDARE...SHAWNEE AND SPRINGFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3259 8139 3258 8135 3257 8136 3254 8127
3254 8128 3252 8124 3246 8120 3234 8130
3237 8146 3252 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 248DEG 7KT 3243 8142
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 64 min |
| Mar 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 67 min |
| Mar 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Mar 16, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 58 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.