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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Charleston, SC

April 3, 2017Candler County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2017, 4:04 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 3, 2017, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2017, 4:32 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Candler County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 4:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Metter, GA	CANDLER COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN IN METTER ON WASHINGTON STREET NEAR BAY STREET.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

232 
WUUS52 KCHS 032004
SVRCHS
GAC043-032100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0022.170403T2004Z-170403T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

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

* Until 500 PM EDT

* At 404 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Metter, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Metter, Pulaski and Aline. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3242 8220 3247 8218 3252 8215 3256 8208
      3251 8197 3248 8198 3241 8192 3228 8196
      3227 8197 3232 8222 3235 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 231DEG 23KT 3236 8220 

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

NED

2 follow-up statements

687 
WWUS52 KCHS 032021
SVSCHS

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

GAC043-032100-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170403T2100Z/
Candler GA-
421 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CANDLER COUNTY...

At 421 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Metter, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Metter and Pulaski. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3249 8213 3256 8208 3251 8197 3248 8198
      3241 8192 3228 8196 3227 8197 3230 8211
      3238 8214 3245 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 246DEG 50KT 3240 8204 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NED

545 
WWUS52 KCHS 032032
SVSCHS

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

GAC043-032042-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170403T2100Z/
Candler GA-
432 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CANDLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3249 8213 3256 8208 3251 8197 3248 8198
      3241 8192 3228 8196 3227 8197 3230 8211
      3238 8214 3245 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 231DEG 23KT 3244 8197 

$$

NED

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, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch	32 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, 4:13 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.