Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 4, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 4, 2:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Donald, GA | A EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 301 NEAR JONES CREEK GEORGIA. |
| Jun 4, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Ludowici, GA | A EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 84 AND DOYLE DURRENCE LANE. |
| Jun 4, 2:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Ludowici, GA | A EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A TREE DOWN ALONG PRESLEY ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060
WUUS52 KCHS 041750
SVRCHS
GAC179-183-267-041830-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0093.120604T1750Z-120604T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
150 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CENTRAL LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...7 MILES WEST OF DONALD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
50 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...
DONALD...LUDOWICI...WALTHOURVILLE...ALLENHURST...
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 3193 8203 3177 8151 3163 8179 3165 8180
3165 8183 3167 8186 3171 8188 3173 8191
3175 8192 3178 8196 3178 8198 3181 8202
3183 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 298DEG 45KT 3181 8190
$$1 follow-up statement
863
WWUS52 KCHS 041827
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
227 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
GAC179-183-267-041837-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120604T1830Z/
TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-
227 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LONG...CENTRAL LIBERTY
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...
AT 227 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3193 8203 3177 8151 3163 8179 3165 8180
3165 8183 3167 8186 3171 8188 3173 8191
3175 8192 3178 8196 3178 8198 3181 8202
3183 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 298DEG 45KT 3159 8142
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Jun 4, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 67 min | |
| Jun 4, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 17 min |
| Jun 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 86 min | |
| Jun 4, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 116 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Jun 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.