Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 4:26 PM EST for 4 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:53 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Shirley, SC | TREES DOWN ALONG AUGUSTA STAGE COACH ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Garnett, SC | TREES DOWN ALONG HOPEWELL ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 S Islandton, SC | POSSIBLE TORNADO. 3 HOUSES DAMAGED. 1 DESTROYED. NO INJURIES. 582 JAMISON ROAD NEAR ISLANDTON. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676
WUUS52 KCHS 242126
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-103-165-251-SCC005-029-049-053-242200-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0008.120224T2126Z-120224T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
426 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EST
* AT 424 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ULMER TO ALINE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
BRUNSON...
LODGE...
SMOAKS...
WILLIAMS...
RUFFIN...
GARNETT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON...TOLL FREE AT 877-633-6772...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3312 8130 3313 8120 3303 8108 3310 8095
3307 8090 3309 8088 3313 8090 3314 8087
3311 8067 3230 8153 3233 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 262DEG 55KT 3307 8114 3236 8210
$$
TRAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty and 2 more | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 4:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.