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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Charleston, SC

April 3, 2017Bulloch County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2017, 3:43 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 3, 2017, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bulloch County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 3, 3:43 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 Ese Register, GA	BULLOCH COUNTY 911 REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 46 AND SINKHOLE ROAD.
Apr 3, 3:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Se Georgia Southern, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE SHOWED A HANDFUL OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL STONES.

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
Apr 3, 2:07 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WUUS52 KCHS 031943
SVRCHS
GAC031-032015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0019.170403T1943Z-170403T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
343 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
  Bulloch County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 415 PM EDT

* At 343 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Statesboro, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Statesboro, Brooklet, Register, Georgia Southern, Denmark, Leefield
  and Stilson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3239 8193 3255 8169 3251 8160 3251 8158
      3248 8153 3247 8154 3245 8152 3244 8154
      3241 8154 3238 8152 3233 8152 3225 8185
      3227 8189 3227 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 238DEG 35KT 3232 8181 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MTE

1 follow-up statement

684 
WWUS52 KCHS 032003
SVSCHS

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
403 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

GAC031-032015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170403T2015Z/
Bulloch GA-
403 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR BULLOCH COUNTY...

At 403 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Statesboro, moving northeast at 35 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...
Statesboro, Brooklet and Leefield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3248 8176 3255 8169 3251 8160 3251 8158
      3248 8153 3247 8154 3245 8152 3244 8154
      3241 8154 3238 8152 3233 8152 3232 8168
      3238 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 235DEG 32KT 3242 8164 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MTE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	CHS		16 hr
Apr 3, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Long	31 min
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Liberty, Long	53 min
Apr 3, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Tattnall	34 min
Apr 3, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	33 min
Apr 3, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bryan, Liberty	46 min
Apr 3, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	50 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins	33 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bulloch	23 min
Apr 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Candler	28 min
Apr 3, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Effingham, Screven	47 min
Apr 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Screven	31 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Evans, Tattnall	38 min
Apr 3, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan, Effingham, Liberty, Long	26 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.