Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:22 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N White Hall, SC | |
| Mar 24, 2:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Parris Island, SC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF LANDS END ROAD AND TUCK IN THE WOODS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WUUS52 KCHS 241813
SVRCHS
SCC013-019-029-035-053-241915-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0037.120324T1813Z-120324T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
213 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RITTER TO
BLUFFTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
BLUFFTON...LEMON ISLAND...ROUND O...SHELL POINT...PORT ROYAL...
BEAUFORT...COTTAGEVILLE...PARRIS ISLAND...JACKSONBORO...HILTON HEAD
AIRPORT...
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 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3247 8035
3243 8035 3245 8037 3249 8036 3246 8040
3249 8043 3248 8047 3243 8046 3241 8042
3231 8043 3226 8060 3222 8062 3214 8073
3223 8101 3287 8066 3313 8030 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 268DEG 22KT 3279 8060 3223 8085
$$4 follow-up statements
804
WWUS52 KCHS 241830
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
230 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
SCC013-019-029-035-053-241915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-JASPER SC-COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC-
230 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR BEAUFORT...SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JASPER...
WESTERN CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
JACKSONBORO TO WILTON GRAVES BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...ADAMS
RUN...ARCHDALE...ASHEPOO...BEARS BLUFF...BEAUFORT...BEAUFORT MARINE
CORPS AIR STATION...BENNETTS POINT...BLUFFTON...BURTON...CALAWASSIE
ISLAND...CLARENDON...COTTAGEVILLE...DALE...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...
EDISTO BEACH...EDISTO ISLAND...FOLLY FIELD...FRIPP ISLAND...GARDENS
CORNER...GIVHANS...GIVHANS FERRY STATE PARK...GREEN POND...HILTON
HEAD AIRPORT...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...HOLLYWOOD...JACKSONBORO...
JEDBURG...KNIGHTSVILLE...LADYS ISLAND...LAUREL BAY...LEMON ISLAND...
MAGNOLIA GARDENS...MEGGETT...MIDDLETON PLACE...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT
ROYAL...RAVENEL...RIDGEVILLE...RITTER...ROCKVILLE...ROSE HILL...ROUND
O...SEABROOK ISLAND...SHADOWMOSS...SHELL POINT...SLANDS BRIDGE...
SUMMERVILLE...WADMALAW ISLAND...WHITE HALL AND YONGES ISLAND.
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 3259 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3247 8035
3243 8035 3245 8037 3249 8036 3246 8040
3249 8043 3248 8047 3243 8046 3241 8042
3231 8043 3226 8060 3222 8062 3214 8073
3224 8092 3287 8066 3313 8030 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 268DEG 22KT 3279 8048 3223 8074
$$
BC048
WWUS52 KCHS 241847
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
247 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
SCC053-241857-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
JASPER SC-
247 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3259 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3247 8035
3243 8035 3249 8036 3246 8040 3249 8043
3248 8047 3242 8045 3241 8042 3231 8043
3226 8060 3222 8062 3215 8073 3227 8074
3257 8059 3288 8060 3313 8030 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 268DEG 22KT 3289 8031 3255 8045
3223 8065
$$
SCC013-019-029-035-241915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC-
247 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN BEAUFORT...SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON...WESTERN CHARLESTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CLUBHOUSE CROSSROADS TO BENNETTS POINT TO HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAMS
RUN...ARCHDALE...ASHEPOO...BEARS BLUFF...BENNETTS POINT...
COTTAGEVILLE...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...EDISTO BEACH...EDISTO ISLAND...
FOLLY FIELD...FRIPP ISLAND...GIVHANS...GIVHANS FERRY STATE PARK...
HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...HOLLYWOOD...JACKSONBORO...JEDBURG...
KNIGHTSVILLE...LADYS ISLAND...MAGNOLIA GARDENS...MEGGETT...MIDDLETON
PLACE...PARRIS ISLAND...RAVENEL...RIDGEVILLE...ROCKVILLE...SEABROOK
ISLAND...SHADOWMOSS...SLANDS BRIDGE...SUMMERVILLE...WADMALAW ISLAND
AND YONGES ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3259 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3247 8035
3243 8035 3249 8036 3246 8040 3249 8043
3248 8047 3242 8045 3241 8042 3231 8043
3226 8060 3222 8062 3215 8073 3227 8074
3257 8059 3288 8060 3313 8030 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 268DEG 22KT 3289 8031 3255 8045
3223 8065
$$385
WWUS52 KCHS 241900
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
300 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
SCC013-019-029-035-241915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC-
300 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT...SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON...WESTERN
CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS
CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SLANDS BRIDGE TO BENNETTS POINT TO 7 MILES EAST OF
FOLLY FIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
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 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3247 8034
3249 8036 3246 8040 3249 8043 3248 8047
3242 8046 3241 8042 3231 8043 3227 8059
3225 8063 3222 8062 3216 8074 3239 8054
3259 8048 3289 8050 3311 8027 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 268DEG 22KT 3295 8023 3255 8036
3223 8056
$$126
WWUS52 KCHS 241909
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
309 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
SCC013-029-241919-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
COLLETON SC-BEAUFORT SC-
309 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3259 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3251 8032
3253 8035 3249 8033 3249 8035 3255 8042
3257 8039 3262 8039 3261 8042 3262 8043
3265 8039 3266 8042 3276 8045 3284 8039
3297 8042 3311 8027 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 268DEG 22KT 3296 8017 3253 8023
$$
SCC019-035-241915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120324T1915Z/
DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-
309 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
COOKE CROSSROADS TO EDISTO ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
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 8011 3254 8017 3255 8020 3251 8032
3253 8035 3249 8033 3249 8035 3255 8042
3257 8039 3262 8039 3261 8042 3262 8043
3265 8039 3266 8042 3276 8045 3284 8039
3297 8042 3311 8027 3292 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 268DEG 22KT 3296 8017 3253 8023
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Georgetown | 21 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.