Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse I-16/I-95 Interch, GA | ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE 5700 BLOCK OF OGEECHEE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478
WUUS52 KCHS 021914
SVRCHS
GAC029-051-022015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0212.120802T1914Z-120802T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
314 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGDALE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...MEINHARD...POOLER...MONTEITH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
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 3176 8127 3179 8127 3179 8130 3184 8133
3181 8136 3182 8136 3194 8141 3195 8146
3197 8147 3196 8154 3198 8157 3223 8121
3215 8111 3211 8111 3209 8102 3196 8086
3183 8103 3176 8107 3171 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 308DEG 7KT 3204 8137
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KCHS 021935
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
335 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
GAC029-051-022015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0212.000000T0000Z-120802T2015Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
335 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BLOOMINGDALE TO DUNHAM MARSH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...HUTCHINSON ISLAND...
I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...KELLER...MEINHARD...
MONTEITH...MONTGOMERY...OSSABAW SOUND...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...
RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH
HISTORIC DISTRICT...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...VERNONBURG...
WASSAW ISLAND...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON
ISLAND...WINDSOR FOREST AND RIVERSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3176 8127 3179 8127 3179 8130 3184 8133
3181 8136 3182 8136 3194 8141 3195 8146
3197 8147 3196 8154 3198 8157 3223 8121
3215 8111 3211 8111 3209 8102 3196 8086
3183 8103 3176 8107 3171 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 311DEG 10KT 3207 8133 3184 8126
$$046
WWUS52 KCHS 021954
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
354 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
GAC029-051-022015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0212.000000T0000Z-120802T2015Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
354 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGDALE TO OAK LEVEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BLOOMINGDALE...FORT MCALLISTER...GARDEN CITY...HUTCHINSON ISLAND...
I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...ISLE OF HOPE...KELLER...MEINHARD...
MONTEITH...MONTGOMERY...OSSABAW SOUND...POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...
RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY...SAVANNAH...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...SAVANNAH
HISTORIC DISTRICT...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...VERNONBURG...
WASSAW ISLAND...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND...WILMINGTON
ISLAND...WINDSOR FOREST AND RIVERSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 3176 8127 3179 8127 3179 8130 3184 8133
3181 8136 3182 8136 3194 8141 3195 8146
3197 8147 3196 8154 3198 8157 3223 8121
3215 8111 3211 8111 3209 8102 3196 8086
3183 8103 3176 8107 3171 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 311DEG 10KT 3206 8135 3181 8121
$$346
WWUS52 KCHS 022015
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
415 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
GAC029-051-022024-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0212.000000T0000Z-120802T2015Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
415 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
AT 414 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH INCLUDES
MUCH OF BRYAN COUNTY...VALID UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3176 8127 3179 8127 3179 8130 3184 8133
3181 8136 3182 8136 3194 8141 3195 8146
3197 8147 3196 8154 3198 8157 3223 8121
3215 8111 3211 8111 3209 8102 3196 8086
3183 8103 3176 8107 3171 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 311DEG 10KT 3202 8130 3177 8116
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 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.