Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 7:15 PM EST for Liberty County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700
WUUS52 KCHS 220015
SVRCHS
GAC179-183-267-220100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0003.120122T0015Z-120122T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
715 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 715 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENNVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 35 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...
MENDES...GLENNVILLE...DONALD...LUDOWICI...GUM BRANCH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 8208 3191 8146 3161 8176 3162 8179
3165 8180 3165 8183 3167 8186 3171 8188
3173 8191 3175 8192 3178 8196 3178 8198
3181 8202 3182 8205 3186 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 274DEG 31KT 3188 8203
$$2 follow-up statements
309
WWUS52 KCHS 220032
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
732 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC179-183-267-220100-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0100Z/
TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-
732 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
FOR LONG...WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTIES...
AT 730 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLENNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY APPROACH THE HINESVILLE AREA PRIOR TO
800 PM.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3186 8201 3189 8197 3194 8195 3204 8196
3191 8146 3161 8176 3162 8179 3165 8180
3165 8183 3167 8186 3171 8188 3173 8191
3175 8192 3178 8196 3178 8198 3181 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 274DEG 31KT 3187 8188
$$583
WWUS52 KCHS 220051
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
751 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC179-183-267-220101-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0100Z/
TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-
751 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LONG...WEST CENTRAL LIBERTY
AND SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EST...
AT 751 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3186 8201 3189 8197 3194 8195 3204 8196
3191 8146 3161 8176 3162 8179 3165 8180
3165 8183 3167 8186 3171 8188 3173 8191
3175 8192 3178 8196 3178 8198 3181 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 274DEG 31KT 3186 8167
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 8:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 1:20 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 8 hr |
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.