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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 55 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788
WUUS52 KCHS 052120
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-165-251-267-052215-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0046.120405T2120Z-120405T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
520 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
WESTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF
HERNDON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTS TO ALINE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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...
COBBTOWN...ALINE...HERNDON...BUTTS...MILLEN...EMMALANE...
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 3252 8216 3256 8209 3255 8203 3260 8201
3266 8209 3282 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209
3293 8196 3296 8188 3292 8176 3301 8161
3287 8153 3271 8157 3257 8174 3263 8182
3236 8215 3225 8209 3221 8221 3236 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 234DEG 41KT 3283 8233 3263 8225
3235 8223
$$2 follow-up statements
725
WWUS52 KCHS 052149
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
549 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
GAC267-052159-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120405T2215Z/
TATTNALL GA-
549 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3242 8208 3243 8210 3247 8212 3251 8211
3256 8209 3255 8203 3260 8201 3266 8209
3282 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209 3293 8196
3296 8188 3292 8176 3301 8161 3287 8153
3271 8157 3257 8174 3263 8182 3240 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 234DEG 41KT 3302 8201 3282 8193
3254 8191
$$
GAC031-043-165-251-052215-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120405T2215Z/
SCREVEN GA-JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-CANDLER GA-
549 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CANDLER...NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH...JENKINS AND
WESTERN SCREVEN COUNTIES...
AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTH OF BIRDSVILLE TO LINCOLN STATE PARK TO COLLINS LAKE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALTMAN...
BUTTS...EMMALANE...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...
PERKINS...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...SYLVANIA AND WOODCLIFF.
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 3242 8208 3243 8210 3247 8212 3251 8211
3256 8209 3255 8203 3260 8201 3266 8209
3282 8215 3288 8213 3292 8209 3293 8196
3296 8188 3292 8176 3301 8161 3287 8153
3271 8157 3257 8174 3263 8182 3240 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 234DEG 41KT 3302 8201 3282 8193
3254 8191
$$193
WWUS52 KCHS 052201
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
601 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
GAC043-052211-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120405T2215Z/
CANDLER GA-
601 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CANDLER COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3259 8190 3259 8192 3259 8194 3260 8195
3259 8196 3260 8198 3261 8199 3263 8202
3266 8208 3281 8212 3288 8213 3292 8209
3293 8196 3296 8187 3292 8176 3301 8161
3287 8153 3271 8157 3257 8174 3263 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 234DEG 41KT 3298 8196 3278 8188
3258 8187
$$
GAC031-165-251-052215-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120405T2215Z/
SCREVEN GA-JENKINS GA-BULLOCH GA-
601 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH...JENKINS AND WESTERN SCREVEN COUNTIES...
AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PERKINS TO SCARBORO TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY FORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 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 8190 3259 8192 3259 8194 3260 8195
3259 8196 3260 8198 3261 8199 3263 8202
3266 8208 3281 8212 3288 8213 3292 8209
3293 8196 3296 8187 3292 8176 3301 8161
3287 8153 3271 8157 3257 8174 3263 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 234DEG 41KT 3298 8196 3278 8188
3258 8187
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:35 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CHS | 23 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 67 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.