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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

May 31, 2022Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2022, 1:08 PM EDT for Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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: May 31, 2022, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WWUS82 KCHS 311708
SPSCHS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
108 PM EDT Tue May 31 2022

GAZ114-137-138-311800-
Tattnall-Inland Liberty-Long-
108 PM EDT Tue May 31 2022

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LIBERTY, LONG AND
TATTNALL COUNTIES...

At 107 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Glennville, moving west at 15 mph.

HAZARD...strong winds 45 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar Indicated.

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

Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Glennville, Mendes and Donald. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. Do not drive your
vehicle through flooded roadways.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 8181 3205 8176 3206 8175 3206 8172
      3185 8177 3177 8195 3179 8195 3179 8199
      3182 8202 3181 8203 3186 8210 3203 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 080DEG 13KT 3193 8184 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Bryan	33 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.