Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 424
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 22, 2019, 2:08 PM EDT for 68 counties in Georgia; 34 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2019, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 148 counties
Appling County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Screven County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Polk County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
57 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 14 min |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington and 1 more | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox | 25 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 64 more | 118 min |
| Jun 21, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 45 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke and 37 more | 89 min |
| Jun 22, 2:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Greene, Hart, Lincoln and 7 more | 96 min |
| Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bulloch, Burke, Chatham, Clarke and 29 more | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 76 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 42 more | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 6:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2019
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.