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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2014, 8:45 PM EST for Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia; Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Nov 23, 2014, 8:45 PM EST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 8:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Windsor Forest, GA | A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TREE BLOCKING THE ROAD NEAR THE DIAMOND CAUSEWAY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591
WUUS52 KCHS 240145
SVRCHS
GAC051-103-SCC013-053-240245-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0113.141124T0145Z-141124T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EST
* AT 844 PM EST...METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
NEAR POOLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MONTEITH...MEINHARD...PURYSBURGH...BELLINGER HILL AREA...
HARDEEVILLE...PRITCHARDVILLE...SUN CITY...BLUFFTON...JASPER...
CALAWASSIE ISLAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 8131 3266 8076 3231 8050 3228 8055
3227 8060 3225 8061 3226 8065 3224 8064
3225 8063 3222 8063 3221 8066 3221 8068
3216 8072 3210 8083 3212 8083 3204 8090
3199 8109 3193 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 230DEG 45KT 3220 8117
$$3 follow-up statements
800
WWUS52 KCHS 240200
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
900 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC051-103-240210-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141124T0245Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-CHATHAM GA-
900 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM AND
CHATHAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3213 8103 3237 8112 3266 8076 3231 8050
3228 8055 3227 8060 3225 8061 3226 8065
3224 8064 3225 8063 3222 8063 3221 8066
3221 8068 3216 8072 3210 8083 3212 8083
3204 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 230DEG 45KT 3232 8098
$$
SCC013-053-240245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141124T0245Z/
JASPER SC-BEAUFORT SC-
900 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST
FOR PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
AT 900 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
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...
BLUFFTON...BURTON...DALE...FOLLY FIELD...GARDENS CORNER...
GRAHAMVILLE...HARDEEVILLE...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...JASPER...LAUREL
BAY...OLD HOUSE...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...PRITCHARDVILLE...
RIDGELAND...SHELDON...SWITZERLAND...BEAUFORT...BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS
AIR STATION...BELLINGER HILL AREA...CALAWASSIE ISLAND...CLARENDON...
HILTON HEAD AIRPORT...LADYS ISLAND...LEMON ISLAND...ROSE HILL...SHELL
POINT AND SUN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 8103 3237 8112 3266 8076 3231 8050
3228 8055 3227 8060 3225 8061 3226 8065
3224 8064 3225 8063 3222 8063 3221 8066
3221 8068 3216 8072 3210 8083 3212 8083
3204 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 230DEG 45KT 3232 8098
$$757
WWUS52 KCHS 240221
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
921 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
SCC053-240231-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141124T0245Z/
JASPER SC-
921 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3224 8077 3237 8082 3240 8084 3241 8083
3241 8085 3242 8085 3246 8083 3246 8082
3249 8082 3252 8084 3266 8076 3232 8050
3229 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 230DEG 45KT 3248 8073
$$
SCC013-240245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141124T0245Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
921 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST
FOR PORTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 921 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAYS HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
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...BURTON...
DALE...GARDENS CORNER...LAUREL BAY...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...
SHELDON...BEAUFORT...BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION...CLARENDON...
LADYS ISLAND...LEMON ISLAND AND SHELL POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU SEE
OR HEAR A TORNADO...MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8077 3237 8082 3240 8084 3241 8083
3241 8085 3242 8085 3246 8083 3246 8082
3249 8082 3252 8084 3266 8076 3232 8050
3229 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 230DEG 45KT 3248 8073
$$442
WWUS52 KCHS 240230
SVSCHS
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
930 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
SCC013-240240-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-141124T0245Z/
BEAUFORT SC-
930 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 929 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3224 8077 3237 8082 3240 8084 3241 8083
3241 8085 3242 8085 3246 8083 3246 8082
3249 8082 3252 8084 3266 8076 3232 8050
3229 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 230DEG 45KT 3254 8062
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 51 min |
| Nov 23, 7:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 30 min |
| Nov 23, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Nov 23, 7:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 34 min |
| Nov 23, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 57 min |
| Nov 23, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 47 min |
| Nov 23, 7:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 29 min |
| Nov 23, 8:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min | |
| Nov 23, 10:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 41 min |
| Nov 23, 10:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 38 min | |
| Nov 24, 12:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 3:43 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Nov 24, 1:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 32 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.