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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 3:23 PM EST for Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 072023 RRA
TORCHS
GAC043-267-072115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING                ...CORRECTION TO COUNTY WARNED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
323 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
  ...EVANS COUNTY...TATTNALL COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR STANLEYS STORE. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND THE TOWNS OF REIDSVILLE
AND MANASSAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF EVANS COUNTY ARE IN ITS PATH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BO$DY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 6:03 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.