Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2012, 2:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 6 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 5, 2012, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 5, 2:31 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ene Retreat, GA | HAIL BETWEEN QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE FALLING ALONG INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 76. |
| Jun 5, 2:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Riceboro, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING AT THE POST OFFICE. |
| Jun 5, 2:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Riceboro, GA | |
| Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Darien, GA | NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT THE FORT KING GEORGE HISTORIC SITE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 5, 3:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sse Valona, GA | PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE SAPELO ISLAND FERRY DOCK. |
| Jun 5, 3:18 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Se Valona, GA | PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT THE SAPELO ISLAND NERRS. |
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 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011
WUUS52 KCHS 051823
SVRCHS
GAC029-179-183-191-051915-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0098.120605T1823Z-120605T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
223 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CROSSROADS TO
TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
CROSSROADS...TIBET...RETREAT...JONES...TOWNSEND...SOUTH NEWPORT...
HALFMOON LANDING...EULONIA...
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 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8167 3156 8170
3159 8171 3183 8149 3170 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3148 8119 3140 8125 3137 8125
3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 283DEG 26KT 3176 8145 3154 8162
$$3 follow-up statements
551
WWUS52 KCHS 051839
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
239 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC029-051849-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120605T1915Z/
BRYAN GA-
239 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8167 3156 8170
3159 8171 3176 8139 3170 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3148 8119 3140 8125 3137 8125
3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 283DEG 26KT 3171 8134 3163 8155
$$
GAC179-183-191-051915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120605T1915Z/
LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-
239 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN LONG AND SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SEABROOK TO TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO PING PONG SIZE...
AT 235 PM EDT...THE POST OFFICE IN RICEBORO REPORTED QUARTER SIZED
HAIL.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBEARD
ISLAND...CARNIGAN...COX...CRESCENT...DARIEN...EULONIA...HALFMOON
LANDING...HARRIS NECK...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...RETREAT...
RICEBORO...RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH
NEWPORT...ST. CATHERINES ISLAND...TIBET...TOWNSEND...VALONA AND WOLF
ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
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 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8167 3156 8170
3159 8171 3176 8139 3170 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3148 8119 3140 8125 3137 8125
3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 283DEG 26KT 3171 8134 3163 8155
$$143
WWUS52 KCHS 051856
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
256 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC179-183-191-051915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120605T1915Z/
LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-
256 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN LONG AND SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HARRIS NECK TO TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBEARD
ISLAND...CARNIGAN...COX...CRESCENT...DARIEN...EULONIA...HARRIS
NECK...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...
SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...ST. CATHERINES ISLAND...TIBET...
TOWNSEND...VALONA AND WOLF ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND/OR LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY
AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8167 3156 8170
3159 8171 3169 8138 3166 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3148 8119 3140 8125 3137 8125
3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 283DEG 26KT 3163 8121 3162 8155
$$290
WWUS52 KCHS 051901
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC183-051911-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120605T1915Z/
LONG GA-
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LONG 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 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8158 3164 8137
3166 8112 3163 8112 3155 8117 3148 8119
3140 8125 3137 8125 3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 283DEG 26KT 3161 8119 3136 8136
$$
GAC179-191-051915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120605T1915Z/
LIBERTY GA-MCINTOSH GA-
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HARRIS NECK TO ASHINTILLY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBEARD
ISLAND...CARNIGAN...COX...CRESCENT...DARIEN...EULONIA...HARRIS
NECK...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...RIDGEVILLE...SAPELO ISLAND...SHELLMAN
BLUFF...TOWNSEND...VALONA AND WOLF ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 8136 3130 8141 3137 8155 3143 8161
3147 8162 3149 8165 3154 8158 3164 8137
3166 8112 3163 8112 3155 8117 3148 8119
3140 8125 3137 8125 3137 8127 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 283DEG 26KT 3161 8119 3136 8136
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 64 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Long, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Evans | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Effingham | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 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.