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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC

November 6, 2002Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2002, 4:44 AM EST for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2002, 4:44 AM EST (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2002, 5:30 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Long County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 6, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 060944
TORCHS
GAC183-061030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
443 AM EST WED NOV 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 AM EST

* AT 443 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...OR ABOUT 4
  MILES SOUTH OF JESUP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  LUDOWICI...
  HIGHWAY 57 BETWEEN LUDOWICI AND THE MCINTOSH COUNTY LINE..

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3162 8194 3150 8189 3163 8154 3172 8155
          3175 8165

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan24 min
Nov 6, 1:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham27 min
Nov 6, 5:10 AM ESTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, McIntosh35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.