Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 Nne Hephzibah, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED SMALL HAIL NEAR HEPHZIBAH. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2086 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303
WUUS52 KCAE 042025
SVRCAE
GAC245-042115-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0039.130604T2025Z-130604T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
425 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL AROUND 1.00 INCH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT GORDON...AND MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FORT GORDON
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
LAT...LON 3346 8212 3341 8191 3341 8195 3338 8193
3337 8195 3336 8194 3335 8194 3335 8191
3333 8192 3327 8201 3337 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 279DEG 15KT 3335 8207
$$
AWP1 follow-up statement
488
WWUS52 KCAE 042044
SVSCAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
GAC245-042054-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130604T2115Z/
RICHMOND GA-
444 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHMOND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS.
LAT...LON 3346 8212 3341 8191 3341 8195 3338 8193
3337 8195 3336 8194 3335 8194 3335 8191
3333 8192 3327 8201 3337 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 279DEG 15KT 3334 8198
$$
AWPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 57 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.