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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Charleston, SC

September 27, 2004Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 27, 2004, 10:10 AM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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 27, 2004, 10:10 AM EDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2004, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jenkins County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2004-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1064 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2004-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 271410
TORCHS
GAC165-271430-
/X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0048.040927T1410Z-040927T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1010 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 1007 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF
  PERKINS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILLEN...MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  PERKINS...

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 3281 8181 3291 8177 3299 8186 3293 8203

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 11:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSChatham37 min
Sep 27, 1:25 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch50 min
Sep 27, 2:10 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch35 min
Sep 27, 2:38 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSScreven37 min
Sep 27, 5:18 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan27 min
Sep 27, 5:26 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch49 min
Sep 27, 6:46 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSScreven44 min

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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.