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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 6:03 PM EST for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 6:03 PM EST (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 7:00 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 072305 RRA
TORCHS
GAC191-080000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
603 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...MCINTOSH COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MOVING THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY SOUTH
OF JESUP NEAR GARDI. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST INTO MCINTOSH COUNTY AT
40 MPH. THE TOWNS OF TOWNSEND...EULONIA...CRESCENT...SHELLMAN BLUFF ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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, 5:27 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Liberty48 min
Nov 7, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, Long56 min
Nov 7, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Chatham56 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.