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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 5:27 PM EST for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 6:15 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 1995-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCHS 072228 RRA
TORCHS
GAC029-179-072315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
527 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...BRYAN COUNTY...LIBERTY COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PROBABLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
RICEBORO IN LIBERTY COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS
INTERSTATE 95 NEAR EXIT 13 AND TOWARD KELLER AND OSSABOW ISLAND BEFORE
615 PM.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 3:23 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSEvans, Tattnall52 min
Nov 7, 3:42 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan33 min
Nov 7, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSChatham50 min
Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong65 min
Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty65 min
Nov 7, 6:03 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh57 min
Nov 7, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, Long56 min
Nov 7, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Chatham56 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.