Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 4:41 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 28, 2021, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
954
WUUS52 KCHS 282041
SVRCHS
GAC165-251-282130-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0007.210328T2041Z-210328T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
441 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of...
Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
Jenkins County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 440 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Midville,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Locations impacted include...
Millen, Sylvania, Butts, Hiltonia, Rocky Ford, Altman, Perkins,
Emmalane, Millhaven, Scarboro, Woodcliff, Hilltonia, Herndon,
Burtons Ferry Landing and Hunters.
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 3288 8213 3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186
3291 8176 3302 8159 3303 8151 3301 8150
3296 8150 3296 8151 3293 8149 3263 8147
3266 8208 3281 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 273DEG 44KT 3285 8221
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETM2 follow-up statements
079
WWUS52 KCHS 282109
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
509 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
GAC165-251-282130-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210328T2130Z/
Screven GA-Jenkins GA-
509 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SCREVEN AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
At 508 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Millen, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Millen, Sylvania, Hiltonia, Woodcliff, Perkins, Hilltonia, Emmalane,
Millhaven and Burtons Ferry Landing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186 3291 8176
3302 8159 3303 8151 3301 8150 3296 8150
3296 8151 3293 8149 3272 8148 3276 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 269DEG 39KT 3285 8183
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETM595
WWUS52 KCHS 282124
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
524 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
GAC165-251-282133-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210328T2130Z/
Screven GA-Jenkins GA-
524 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCREVEN AND JENKINS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits and is exiting the warned area. Therefore the warning will be
allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3292 8208 3292 8195 3295 8186 3291 8176
3302 8159 3303 8151 3301 8150 3296 8150
3296 8151 3293 8149 3272 8148 3276 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 273DEG 44KT 3284 8161
$$
ETMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long | 21 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.