Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 11:17 AM EDT for Bulloch County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 18, 2021, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Jenkins County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604
WUUS52 KCHS 181517
SVRCHS
GAC031-165-181600-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0039.210718T1517Z-210718T1600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1117 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
Bulloch County in southeastern Georgia...
Jenkins County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until noon EDT.
* At 1116 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Garfield,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Millen, Butts and Emmalane.
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
888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8199 3261 8183 3255 8203 3261 8200
3266 8208 3275 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 230DEG 13KT 3265 8210
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
069
WWUS52 KCHS 181529
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1129 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021
GAC031-165-181600-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210718T1600Z/
Bulloch GA-Jenkins GA-
1129 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
BULLOCH AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
At 1129 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Garfield to near Butts to near Portal, moving
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Millen, Butts and Emmalane.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8199 3261 8183 3255 8203 3261 8200
3266 8208 3275 8212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 252DEG 19KT 3272 8212 3268 8201 3259 8196
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.