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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Evans | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 28 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.