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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

March 30, 2000Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2000, 8:36 AM EST for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2000, 8:36 AM EST (13:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 9:05 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Long County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 8:40 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 52 ELudowici, GASeveral trees and large limbs down.

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2000-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 384 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 301337
TORCHS
GAC183-301405-

BULLETIN...EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
836 AM EST THU MAR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

* UNTIL 905 AM EST.

* AT 835 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR JESUP IN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  5 MILES SOUTH OF LUDOWICI AT 845 AM

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

MJR/EVT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh31 min
Mar 30, 9:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty32 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.