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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Charleston, SC

May 15, 2022Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
May 15, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2022, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 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 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 May 15, 4:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 4:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:22 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston SC
322 PM EDT Sun May 15 2022

SCZ049-050-161930-
Coastal Colleton-Charleston-
322 PM EDT Sun May 15 2022

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Risk for Rip Currents.
   Coastal Flood Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Coastal Flooding: There is a risk for additional coastal flooding
this week, mainly during the evening high tide.

Rip Currents: There is a moderate risk for rip currents Monday. An
enhanced risk of rip currents will continue through mid week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-161930-
Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh-
Beaufort-Coastal Jasper-
322 PM EDT Sun May 15 2022

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and
southeast South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Risk for Rip Currents.

Coastal Flooding: Minor coastal flooding could occur along portions
of the Georgia and far southern South Carolina coast this evening. A
Coastal Flood Advisory could be needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Coastal Flooding: There is a risk for minor coastal flooding this
week, mainly during evening high tide.

Rip Currents: There is a moderate risk for rip currents Monday. An
enhanced risk of rip currents will continue through mid week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-
SCZ040-042>045-047-052-161930-
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-Inland Chatham-Long-Inland Liberty-Inland McIntosh-
Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley-
Inland Jasper-Tidal Berkeley-
322 PM EDT Sun May 15 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 10:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1026 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     RIP CURRENTS     1 SSE TYBEE ISLAND      31.99N  80.85W
05/14/2022                   CHATHAM            GA   LIFEGUARD

            *** 1 INJ *** TWO PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT
            AT 15TH STREET. TYBEE LIFEGUARDS AND THE FIRE AND RESCUE
            WERE IMMEDIATELY ON THE SCENE AND RESCUED BOTH PERSONS.
            ONCE BACK ON SHORE, ONE PERSON COLLAPSED AND WENT
            UNRESPONSIVE. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND
            LATER REPORTED IN STABLE CONDITION AND MOST LIKELY
            RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CHS2200502

33
Local storm report, May 15, 10:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1028 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     RIP CURRENTS     1 SSE TYBEE ISLAND      31.99N  80.85W
05/14/2022                   CHATHAM            GA   LIFEGUARD

            *** 1 INJ *** TWO PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT
            AT 15TH STREET. TYBEE LIFEGUARDS AND THE FIRE AND RESCUE
            WERE IMMEDIATELY ON THE SCENE AND RESCUED BOTH PERSONS.
            ONCE BACK ON SHORE, ONE PERSON COLLAPSED AND WENT
            UNRESPONSIVE. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND
            LATER REPORTED IN STABLE CONDITION AND MOST LIKELY
            RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE RIP CURRENT WAS
            DECSRIBED AS STRONG AND BREAKERS WERE 2-3 FEET,
            OCCASIONALLY AS HIGH AS 4 FEET.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER CHS2200502

33
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:09 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS7 hr
May 15, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSHampton30 min
May 15, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSLong51 min
May 15, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long62 min
May 15, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan41 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.