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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

March 16, 1996Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1996, 6:36 PM EST for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 1996, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1996, 7:45 PM EST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Screven County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 7:10 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 55Sylvania, GA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1996-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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 162336 RRA
TORCHS
GAC251-170045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
636 PM EST SAT MAR 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...SCREVEN COUNTY
 
A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING THROUGH
JENKINS COUNTY NEAR SCARBORO AT 635 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST
AT 35 MPH...MOVING TOWARD SYLVANIA BY 650 PM.
 
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 BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJenkins56 min
Mar 15, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven57 min
Mar 16, 5:54 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Jenkins66 min
Mar 16, 6:56 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSCandler49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.