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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Charleston, SC

November 24, 2004Bulloch County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 3:39 PM EST for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2004, 3:39 PM EST (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 4:00 PM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bulloch County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 24, 10:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 242040
TORCHS
GAC031-242100-
/X.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0049.041124T2039Z-041124T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
339 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 336 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION
  OF INTERSTATE 16 AND HIGHWAY 67...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEAST BULLOCH COUNTY...

TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY
BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE

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

LAT...LON 3227 8172 3222 8171 3223 8153 3231 8155

$$

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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.