Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2012, 3:09 PM EDT for Allendale County, Hampton County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Burtons Ferry Landi, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ALONG BURTONS FERRY HIGHWAY NEAR THE GEORGIA WELCOME CENTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burtons Ferry Landing, GA | SMALL OAK BRANCHES DOWN. WIND ESTIMATED AT 40 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
578
WUUS52 KCHS 011909
SVRCHS
GAC251-SCC005-049-012015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0086.120601T1909Z-120601T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
309 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR HILLTONIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HILLTONIA...MILLHAVEN...BURTONS FERRY LANDING...APPLETON...
BARTON...ALLENDALE...FAIRFAX...GIFFORD...
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 3294 8173 3302 8160 3312 8133 3312 8119
3306 8112 3305 8109 3296 8102 3291 8099
3288 8096 3279 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 259DEG 25KT 3290 8162
$$
JAQ2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KCHS 011938
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
GAC251-011947-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120601T2015Z/
SCREVEN GA-
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF SCREVEN
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3312 8134 3312 8119 3306 8112 3305 8109
3302 8108 3296 8102 3288 8097 3289 8139
3303 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 255DEG 26KT 3297 8137
$$
SCC005-049-012015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120601T2015Z/
ALLENDALE SC-HAMPTON SC-
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLENDALE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENDALE...APPLETON...BARTON...BRUNSON...CROCKETVILLE...FAIRFAX...
MILEY...SEIGLING...SYCAMORE AND ULMER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3312 8134 3312 8119 3306 8112 3305 8109
3302 8108 3296 8102 3288 8097 3289 8139
3303 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 255DEG 26KT 3297 8137
$$
JAQ835
WWUS52 KCHS 011948
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
SCC005-049-011958-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-120601T2015Z/
ALLENDALE SC-HAMPTON SC-
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 348 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3312 8134 3312 8119 3306 8112 3305 8109
3302 8108 3296 8102 3288 8097 3289 8139
3303 8149
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 255DEG 26KT 3299 8128
$$
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:59 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Jun 1, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 40 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 36 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.