Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 57 min. 7 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 5, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 5, 5:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Statesboro, GA | BULLOCH COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON GARFIELD STREET. |
| Apr 5, 5:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Statesboro, GA | BULLOCH COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON RED FERN LANE NEAR STATESBORO. |
| Apr 5, 5:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Middleground, GA | BULLOCH COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON W C HODGES RD. |
| Apr 5, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Statesboro Municipal Ai, GA | STATESBORO GA AWOS REPORTED GUST TO 45 KTS FROM THE WEST. |
| Apr 5, 5:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Middleground, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG MARIA SORREL ROAD...ONE LEANING POWER POLE. ROADWAY NOT BLOCKED. |
| Apr 5, 5:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Statesboro, GA | BULLOCH COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARIA SORRELL ROAD AND BELL ROAD |
| Apr 5, 5:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Woodcliff, GA | SCREVEN COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON ROCKY FORD RD. |
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 5, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
990
WUUS52 KCHS 052033
SVRCHS
GAC031-043-165-251-052130-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0036.170405T2033Z-170405T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
433 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
Bulloch County in southeastern Georgia...
Jenkins County in southeastern Georgia...
Candler County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EDT
* At 432 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 17 miles east of Wrightsville to Swainsboro to 11
miles north of Lyons, moving east at 40 mph. This line of
thunderstorms have a history of producing widespread wind damage
and tornadoes.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Statesboro, Metter, Millen, Sylvania, Middleground, Westside, Butts
and Brooklet.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Increased rotation has been detected and a tornado warning may be
needed. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop
quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado, take
shelter in a closet, bathroom or small, central room in a sturdy
structure.
&&
LAT...LON 3242 8220 3252 8215 3256 8209 3254 8203
3260 8200 3266 8208 3281 8215 3289 8212
3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186 3291 8176
3297 8166 3271 8148 3236 8159 3232 8224
3235 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 254DEG 33KT 3273 8241 3258 8232 3236 8237
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 24 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017
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.