Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 3:05 PM EDT for Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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 22, 2012, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Reidsville, GA | SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR REIDSVILLE WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| May 22, 3:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Midway, GA | EVANS COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A POWER POLE AND POWER LINES DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 250. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| May 22, 3:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Midway, GA | 1 PECAN TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418
WUUS52 KCHS 221905
SVRCHS
GAC109-267-222000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0072.120522T1905Z-120522T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
REIDSVILLE...GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...COLLINS...MANASSAS...
MENDES...BELLVILLE...HAGAN...MIDWAY...
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 3209 8221 3215 8219 3220 8220 3226 8186
3224 8183 3204 8177 3202 8182 3197 8186
3197 8188 3192 8190 3189 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 253DEG 26KT 3202 8224
$$2 follow-up statements
798
WWUS52 KCHS 221921
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
321 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC109-267-222000-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120522T2000Z/
TATTNALL GA-EVANS GA-
321 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EVANS AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...
AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COLLINS...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...GORDONIA
ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND
REIDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8221 3215 8219 3220 8220 3226 8186
3224 8183 3204 8177 3202 8182 3197 8186
3197 8188 3192 8190 3189 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 259DEG 28KT 3204 8211
$$493
WWUS52 KCHS 221937
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC109-267-222000-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120522T2000Z/
TATTNALL GA-EVANS GA-
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EVANS AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANIELS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN
REIDSVILLE.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...COLLINS...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...GORDONIA
ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES...MIDWAY AND
REIDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AS STORMS
APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8221 3215 8219 3220 8220 3226 8186
3224 8183 3204 8177 3202 8182 3197 8186
3197 8188 3192 8190 3189 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 259DEG 28KT 3206 8197
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 36 min |
| May 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 40 min |
| May 22, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 89 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.