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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Columbia, SC

December 28, 2005Burke County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2005, 4:46 PM EST for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2005, 4:46 PM EST (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burke County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 28, 4:47 PM EST	HAIL 1	Waynesboro, GA
Dec 28, 5:09 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	7 N Midville, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME.
Dec 28, 5:20 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Waynesboro, GA	REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Dec 28, 5:20 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Waynesboro, GA	REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Dec 28, 5:40 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Waynesboro, GA	REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Dec 28, 5:40 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Waynesboro, GA	REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Dec 28, 5:45 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	9 Ne Waynesboro, GA	HAIL REPORTED AT MCBEAN MALL AT THE CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAYS 23 AND 56
Dec 28, 5:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	7 Ne Midville, GA	LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 28, 3:51 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCAE 282146
TORCAE
GAC033-282245-
/O.NEW.KCAE.TO.W.0007.051228T2146Z-051228T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
446 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BURKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 443 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  MIDVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MIDVILLE...
  WAYNESBORO...
  SARDIS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR, IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE, AT 1, 800,
7 7 5, 7 1 9 9.

LAT...LON 3292 8229 3281 8239 3274 8237 3281 8215
      3287 8212 3291 8208 3291 8194 3296 8187
      3289 8176 3305 8153 3312 8164 3321 8176
      3325 8188

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCAE 282226
SVSCAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
525 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

GAC033-282245-
/O.CON.KCAE.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-051228T2245Z/
BURKE GA-
525 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR BURKE
COUNTY...

AT 523 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARDIS
AND GIRARD.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3311 8206 3307 8211 3298 8217 3291 8215
      3289 8212 3291 8208 3291 8194 3296 8187
      3289 8176 3305 8153 3312 8164 3321 8176
      3325 8188

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	41 min
Dec 28, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke	43 min
Dec 28, 5:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.