Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2017, 6:36 PM EST for Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 22, 2017, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted.
894
WUUS52 KCHS 222336
SVRCHS
GAC183-191-230000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0009.170122T2336Z-170123T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
636 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
McIntosh County in southeastern Georgia...
Long County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 700 PM EST
* At 635 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tibet, moving
northeast at 55 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...
Tibet, Jones, Townsend, Crescent, Eulonia, Pine Harbor and Cox.
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 1000 PM EST for southeastern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3143 8161 3145 8162 3147 8161 3150 8165
3152 8166 3152 8167 3154 8166 3155 8170
3158 8170 3161 8174 3160 8174 3162 8175
3171 8155 3155 8132 3136 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 240DEG 49KT 3153 8166
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MTE2 follow-up statements
904
WWUS52 KCHS 222344
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
644 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
GAC183-191-230000-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/
McIntosh GA-Long GA-
644 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
FOR MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES...
At 643 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tibet, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tibet, Jones, Eulonia, Townsend and Cox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for southeastern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3145 8162 3147 8161 3150 8165 3152 8166
3152 8167 3154 8166 3155 8170 3158 8170
3160 8173 3171 8155 3157 8135 3143 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 241DEG 44KT 3156 8158
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MTE854
WWUS52 KCHS 222354
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
654 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
GAC183-191-230004-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/
McIntosh GA-Long GA-
654 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCINTOSH AND LONG COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for southeastern
Georgia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Charleston.
LAT...LON 3145 8162 3147 8161 3150 8165 3152 8166
3152 8167 3154 8166 3155 8170 3158 8170
3160 8173 3171 8155 3157 8135 3143 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 240DEG 49KT 3163 8145
$$
MTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Evans, Tattnall | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 3:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 59 min |
| Jan 22, 4:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 5:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Tattnall, Toombs | 11 days |
| Jan 22, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 6:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long | 40 min |
| Jan 22, 8:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 9:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 10:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 16 days |
| Jan 22, 1:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.