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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995Bryan County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 3:42 PM EST for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Bryan County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Charleston AFB, SC 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 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 072043
TORCHS
GAC029-072115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
342 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 LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...BRYAN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 340 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF
CLAXTON IN EVANS COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
BRYAN COUNTY BETWEEN FORT STEWART AND THE TOWNS OF PEMBROKE AND EDEN.
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LASTR RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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, 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

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.