Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2014, 7:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 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 7, 2014, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 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 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Groveland, GA | WARNING POINT REPORTED TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 67 IN BETWEEN OWENS ROAD AND JONES ROAD. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WUUS52 KCHS 072354 SVRCHS GAC029-031-051-103-080100- /O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0039.140607T2354Z-140608T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 754 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 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 900 PM EDT * AT 754 PM EDT...METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF STILSON TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PREPARE NOW FOR... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE... * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... STILSON...RINCON...PINEORA...MARLOW...BAY...MEINHARD... GUYTON... 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 3236 8167 3237 8117 3208 8123 3216 8174 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 020DEG 15KT 3238 8154 3240 8133 $$
2 follow-up statements
769 WWUS52 KCHS 080013 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 813 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014 GAC029-031-051-103-080100- /O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140608T0100Z/ BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA- 813 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...BRYAN AND CHATHAM COUNTIES... AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARCOLA TO GUYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE... SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...GUYTON...LANIER... MARLOW...MELDRIM...PINEORA...POOLER...STILSON AND BAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. && LAT...LON 3236 8167 3236 8128 3208 8123 3216 8174 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 020DEG 15KT 3232 8162 3233 8136 $$
768
WWUS52 KCHS 080031
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
831 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014
GAC051-080042-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140608T0100Z/
CHATHAM GA-
831 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CHATHAM COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3234 8168 3229 8150 3233 8133 3211 8139
3216 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 020DEG 15KT 3227 8167 3222 8139
$$
GAC029-031-103-080100-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140608T0100Z/
BULLOCH GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BRYAN GA-
831 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PORTIONS OF BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM AND BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
AKINS TO MARLOW...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...EDEN...ELLABELL...LANIER...MARLOW...PINEORA AND BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3234 8168 3229 8150 3233 8133 3211 8139
3216 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 020DEG 15KT 3227 8167 3222 8139
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 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.