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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Charleston, SC

September 6, 2004Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 8:49 AM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 6, 2004, 8:49 AM EDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2004, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Liberty County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

790 
WFUS52 KCHS 061249
TORCHS
GAC179-061315-
/X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0015.040906T1249Z-040906T1315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
849 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 846 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FORT STEWART...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND
  HILL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  FORT STEWART...
  LIMERICK...
  FLEMING...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3179 8140 3183 8133 3195 8150 3188 8158

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 8:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty37 min
Sep 5, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh24 min
Sep 5, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLong46 min
Sep 5, 9:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty25 min
Sep 5, 9:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh25 min
Sep 5, 10:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLong31 min
Sep 5, 10:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh56 min
Sep 5, 11:38 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, McIntosh37 min
Sep 5, 11:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham31 min
Sep 6, 12:32 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham28 min
Sep 6, 2:40 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham35 min
Sep 6, 3:18 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan42 min
Sep 6, 4:13 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler32 min
Sep 6, 7:29 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham31 min
Sep 6, 10:15 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan30 min
Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham34 min
Sep 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham46 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.