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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Charleston, SC

August 11, 2020Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2020, 7:33 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2020, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2020, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Liberty County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1442 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 11, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 3:44 AM EDT, 15 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
344 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2020

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>052-120745-
Charleston Harbor-
Waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM-
Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM-
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 NM, including
Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary-
Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA from 20 to 60 NM-
Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans-
Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long-
Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-
Inland Jasper-Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper-
Tidal Berkeley-
344 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters,
southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
729 PM EDT Tue Aug 11 2020

GAZ138-120015-
Inland Liberty-
729 PM EDT Tue Aug 11 2020

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LIBERTY COUNTY...

At 729 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near McIntosh, or 8 miles east of Fort Stewart,
moving southwest at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...strong winds 45 to 55 mph.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Hinesville, Fort Stewart, McIntosh, Walthourville, Midway, Riceboro,
Flemington and Allenhurst.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so. You can also email your
report to nws.charlestonsc@noaa.gov.

&&

LAT...LON 3176 8164 3179 8165 3182 8170 3186 8170
      3197 8147 3195 8146 3194 8140 3188 8139
      3184 8137 3184 8136 3170 8147 3170 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 043DEG 5KT 3191 8147

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSJasper33 min
Aug 10, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper61 min
Aug 10, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS113 min
Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLiberty46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.