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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

September 22, 2000Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2000, 11:35 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 22, 2000, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2000, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 11:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWaynesboro, GAEOC reported trees down in the Waynesboro area and on Porter Carswell and George Perkins roads.

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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

132 
WFUS52 KCAE 230337
TORCAE

GAC033-230400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1135 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

* AT 1130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST EAST OF GIRARD
  ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

REPORT DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN COLUMBIA.

RJL

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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.