Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 3:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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, 3:52 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046
WUUS52 KCHS 221951
SVRCHS
GAC029-109-179-267-222045-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0074.120522T1951Z-120522T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
351 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR MIDWAY...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...
MIDWAY...MIDWAY...GROVELAND...PEMBROKE...ELLABELL...LANIER...
BLITCHTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BLOWN DOWN TREES IN TATTNALL COUNTY. 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 3224 8144 3222 8143 3221 8141 3216 8141
3215 8140 3212 8141 3210 8139 3205 8137
3203 8134 3198 8132 3201 8189 3212 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 262DEG 22KT 3206 8187
$$2 follow-up statements
027
WWUS52 KCHS 222012 RRA
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
412 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC267-222021-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120522T2045Z/
TATTNALL GA-
412 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3215 8180 3224 8144 3221 8141 3219 8142
3215 8140 3212 8141 3210 8139 3205 8137
3203 8134 3198 8132 3206 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 262DEG 22KT 3208 8173
$$
GAC029-109-179-222045-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120522T2045Z/
EVANS GA-LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
412 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BRYAN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND
SOUTHEASTERN EVANS COUNTIES...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GROVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT
TREES AND A POWER POLE HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN TATTNALL AND EVANS
COUNTIES.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...ELLABELL...GROVELAND...LANIER AND PEMBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8180 3224 8144 3221 8141 3219 8142
3215 8140 3212 8141 3210 8139 3205 8137
3203 8134 3198 8132 3206 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 262DEG 22KT 3208 8173
$$166
WWUS52 KCHS 222027
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
427 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC029-109-179-222037-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120522T2045Z/
EVANS GA-LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
427 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BRYAN...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN EVANS COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 427 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL MAY AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3215 8180 3224 8144 3221 8141 3219 8142
3215 8140 3212 8141 3210 8139 3205 8137
3203 8134 3198 8132 3206 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 262DEG 22KT 3209 8162
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 55 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.