Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2012, 4:19 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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
- May 15, 2012, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Keller, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN KELLER. |
| May 15, 4:47 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nne Burroughs, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT BERWICK PLANTATION. |
| May 15, 4:52 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Garden City, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| May 15, 4:52 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 E Garden City, GA | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FELL ON FOUNDATION DRIVE. |
| May 15, 4:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Garden City, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096
WUUS52 KCHS 152019
SVRCHS
GAC029-051-179-152115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0065.120515T2019Z-120515T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
419 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 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...
EAST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR KELLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
KELLER...BELFAST...RICHMOND HILL...FORT MCALLISTER...OSSABAW
SOUND...MONTGOMERY...VERNONBURG...
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 3186 8138 3218 8111 3214 8112 3211 8111
3209 8106 3210 8100 3204 8092 3203 8084
3202 8083 3197 8085 3194 8091 3187 8097
3173 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 226DEG 18KT 3185 8125
$$
JAQ2 follow-up statements
579
WWUS52 KCHS 152040
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
440 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
GAC179-152049-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120515T2115Z/
LIBERTY GA-
440 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3190 8120 3194 8128 3190 8135 3215 8113
3212 8112 3209 8107 3209 8103 3210 8100
3204 8092 3203 8084 3202 8083 3197 8085
3194 8091 3187 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 218DEG 19KT 3196 8120
$$
GAC029-051-152115-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120515T2115Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
440 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CHATHAM AND EAST CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WINDWARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
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...FORT
PULASKI...GARDEN CITY...HUTCHINSON ISLAND...MONTGOMERY...
RICHMOND HILL...SAVANNAH...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...THUNDERBOLT...TYBEE ISLAND...
WASSAW ISLAND...WHITE BLUFF...WHITEMARSH ISLAND AND WINDSOR FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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 3190 8120 3194 8128 3190 8135 3215 8113
3212 8112 3209 8107 3209 8103 3210 8100
3204 8092 3203 8084 3202 8083 3197 8085
3194 8091 3187 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 218DEG 19KT 3196 8120
$$345
WWUS52 KCHS 152113
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
513 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
GAC029-051-152123-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120515T2115Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
513 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHATHAM AND EAST
CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
AT 513 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3190 8120 3194 8128 3190 8135 3215 8113
3212 8112 3209 8107 3209 8103 3210 8100
3204 8092 3203 8084 3202 8083 3197 8085
3194 8091 3187 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 218DEG 19KT 3210 8107
$$
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 29 min |
| May 14, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 29 min |
| May 15, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| May 15, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 28 min |
| May 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 62 min |
| May 15, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 20 min |
| May 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 32 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.