Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 4:34 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- May 22, 2012, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 5:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
846
WUUS52 KCHS 222034
SVRCHS
GAC031-103-251-222130-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0075.120522T2034Z-120522T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
434 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLIVER TO
LEEFIELD...MOVING EAST 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...
LEEFIELD...STILSON...CAPTOLO...ALTMAN...OLIVER...NEWINGTON...
HUNTERS...KILDARE...GUYTON...
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 3287 8151 3271 8141 3270 8143 3269 8140
3265 8139 3263 8141 3263 8142 3259 8138
3256 8132 3237 8120 3228 8162 3262 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 252DEG 17KT 3253 8161 3240 8156
$$2 follow-up statements
719
WWUS52 KCHS 222053
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
453 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC031-222103-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120522T2130Z/
BULLOCH GA-
453 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3287 8151 3270 8143 3269 8140 3265 8139
3263 8141 3263 8142 3259 8138 3256 8132
3237 8121 3240 8152 3250 8151 3261 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 252DEG 17KT 3256 8151 3243 8146
$$
GAC103-251-222130-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120522T2130Z/
SCREVEN GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
453 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTIES...
AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
STALCO TO GRIFFIN LAKE...MOVING EAST 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...CAPTOLO...
EGYPT...HUNTERS...KILDARE...NEWINGTON...OLIVER...SHAWNEE AND
STILLWELL.
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 3287 8151 3270 8143 3269 8140 3265 8139
3263 8141 3263 8142 3259 8138 3256 8132
3237 8121 3240 8152 3250 8151 3261 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 252DEG 17KT 3256 8151 3243 8146
$$329
WWUS52 KCHS 222114
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
514 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC103-251-222124-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120522T2130Z/
SCREVEN GA-EFFINGHAM GA-
514 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EFFINGHAM AND
SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 514 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3287 8151 3270 8143 3269 8140 3265 8139
3263 8141 3263 8142 3259 8138 3256 8132
3237 8121 3240 8152 3250 8151 3261 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 252DEG 17KT 3259 8140 3246 8135
$$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, 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, 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 |
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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.