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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Charleston, SC

September 6, 2004Bryan County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 10:15 AM EDT for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 10:15 AM EDT (14:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2004, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bryan 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2004-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1111 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 2004-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
1111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

270 
WFUS52 KCHS 061415
TORCHS
GAC029-061445-
/X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0016.040906T1415Z-040906T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1015 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT

* AT 1011 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ELLABELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND
  HILL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  ELLABELL...
  LANIER...
  PEMBROKE...

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.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT
UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW

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

LAT...LON 3217 8169 3217 8168 3217 8165 3218 8165
      3222 8147 3207 8137 3205 8137 3201 8132
      3194 8142

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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, 8:49 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty26 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.