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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 22, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2017, 3:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710
WUUS52 KCAE 221903
SVRCAE
GAC245-221945-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0201.170922T1903Z-170922T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Columbia SC
303 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Richmond County in east central Georgia...
* Until 345 PM EDT
* At 303 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fort Gordon,
moving southwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fort Gordon and Blythe.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3336 8227 3346 8213 3332 8203 3329 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 059DEG 11KT 3336 8214
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
691
WWUS52 KCAE 221922
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
322 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2017
GAC245-221945-
/O.CON.KCAE.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-170922T1945Z/
Richmond GA-
322 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY...
At 320 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located in the Fort Gordon
area of Richmond County. The storm was especially strong in the area
just north of Blythe. Movement was southwest near 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Gordon and Blythe.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 8222 3343 8217 3344 8216 3339 8212
3330 8212 3329 8221 3334 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 059DEG 11KT 3333 8219
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$940
WWUS52 KCAE 221932
SVSCAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Columbia SC
332 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2017
GAC245-221941-
/O.CAN.KCAE.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-170922T1945Z/
Richmond GA-
332 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
The threat of damaging wind and hail has diminished.
LAT...LON 3339 8222 3343 8217 3344 8216 3339 8212
3330 8212 3329 8221 3334 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 059DEG 11KT 3331 8223
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richmond | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 31 min |
| Sep 22, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Jefferson | 37 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.