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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC

August 29, 2005Bulloch County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 7:59 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 29, 2005, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 8:32 PM EDT
In force
33 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1075 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 KCHS 300000
TORCHS
GAC031-300030-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0012.050829T2359Z-050830T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
759 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 756 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO TRACK A 
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15   
  MPH.

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

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 3238 8192 3236 8185 3251 8173 3256 8189

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 300012
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
812 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

GAC031-300030-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050830T0030Z/
BULLOCH-
812 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR BULLOCH
COUNTY...

AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPEULIKIT...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
HOPEULIKIT.

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

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 3240 8191 3241 8185 3252 8177 3254 8193

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 300032
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
832 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

GAC031-300042-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050830T0030Z/
BULLOCH-
832 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BULLOCH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM
EDT...

AT 831 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3240 8191 3241 8185 3252 8177 3254 8193

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS94 min
Aug 29, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSEvans26 min
Aug 29, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler28 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.