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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC

October 7, 2005Bryan County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2005, 12:21 PM EDT for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Oct 7, 2005, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2005, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bryan County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 071621
TORCHS
GAC029-071700-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0015.051007T1621Z-051007T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1221 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND
  HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  OAK LEVEL...FORT MCALLISTER...INCLUDING KILKENNY ROAD.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3177 8126 3174 8119 3179 8118 3186 8115
      3189 8121

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 071642
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1241 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005

GAC029-071700-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-051007T1700Z/
BRYAN-
1241 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR BRYAN
COUNTY...

AT 1238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
KELLER MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. 

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 3178 8127 3174 8119 3179 8118 3186 8115
      3189 8123

$$

MTE
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 071657
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1256 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005

GAC029-071706-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-051007T1700Z/
BRYAN-
1258 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRYAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM EDT...

AT 1258 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKEND...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3178 8127 3174 8119 3179 8118 3186 8115
      3189 8123

$$

MTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS87 min
Oct 6, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSLong, McIntosh3 hr
Oct 6, 11:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSLiberty3 hr
Oct 7, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Oct 7, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS55 min
Oct 7, 11:59 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty31 min
Oct 7, 3:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSMcIntosh4 hr

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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.