Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:12 PM EDT for Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 7:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Evans County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Claxton, GA | TREE DAMAGE. |
| Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Claxton, GA | SPOTTER IN CLAXTON REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE BULLOCH COUNTY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 292313 TORCHS GAC109-292345- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0010.050829T2312Z-050829T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 712 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 711 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR UNDINE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO IS CROSSING HIGHWAY 129 IN WESTERN EVANS COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... UNDINE... 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 3218 8200 3218 8197 3226 8194 3227 8202 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KCHS 292338 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 738 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC109-292348- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050829T2345Z/ EVANS- 738 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EVANS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 736 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3218 8200 3218 8197 3226 8194 3227 8202 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.