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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2014, 5:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2014, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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.
426 WUUS52 KCHS 282106 SVRCHS GAC029-031-051-103-282200- /O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0021.140528T2106Z-140528T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 506 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 507 PM EDT...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...NEAR ELLABELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PREPARE NOW FOR... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE... TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LANIER...ELLABELL...MELDRIM...BLITCHTON...EDEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3241 8147 3217 8117 3197 8142 3208 8158 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 216DEG 7KT 3209 8145 $$
2 follow-up statements
728 WWUS52 KCHS 282123 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 523 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 GAC029-031-051-103-282200- /O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T2200Z/ BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA- 523 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...BRYAN AND CHATHAM COUNTIES... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLABELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...GUYTON...LANIER... MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PINEORA AND POOLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. && LAT...LON 3241 8147 3217 8117 3197 8142 3208 8158 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 216DEG 7KT 3212 8143 $$
315
WWUS52 KCHS 282146
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
546 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
GAC029-282157-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T2200Z/
BRYAN GA-
546 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BRYAN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3211 8139 3222 8142 3232 8150 3241 8147
3217 8117 3204 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 228DEG 7KT 3218 8126
$$
GAC031-051-103-282200-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140528T2200Z/
BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-CHATHAM GA-
546 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM AND CHATHAM COUNTIES...
AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLOOMINGDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...GUYTON...MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...
MONTEITH...PINEORA AND POOLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 8139 3222 8142 3232 8150 3241 8147
3217 8117 3204 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 228DEG 7KT 3218 8126
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 25 min |
| May 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.