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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Charleston, SC

December 28, 2005Bulloch County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2005, 6:14 PM EST for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: Dec 28, 2005, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2005, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 31 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 28, 6:19 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Nevils, GA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NEVILS DAISY ROAD.
Dec 28, 6:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Nevils, GA	TRAILER SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION ON BUIE CIRCLE ROAD. SEVERAL HUNDRED POUND GAS TANK BLOWN OVER AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH ON NEVILS DENMARK ROAD.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 KCHS 282314
TORCHS
GAC031-282345-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0017.051228T2314Z-051228T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  NEVILS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  NEVILS AND DENMARK...
  BROOKLET...

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.

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 3230 8193 3221 8179 3233 8159 3240 8164

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 282326
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
625 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

GAC031-282345-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-051228T2345Z/
BULLOCH-
625 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR BULLOCH
COUNTY...

AT 622 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DENMARK...OR ABOUT
11 MILES SOUTH OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BROOKLET...DENMARK AND NEVILS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3230 8193 3221 8179 3233 8159 3240 8164

$$

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 282333
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
633 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

GAC031-282345-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-051228T2345Z/
BULLOCH-
633 PM EST WED DEC 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR BULLOCH
COUNTY...

AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMIT...OR ABOUT 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3233 8177 3227 8170 3233 8159 3240 8164

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 5:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CHS	Jenkins	30 min
Dec 28, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Screven	27 min
Dec 28, 5:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Evans, Tattnall	34 min
Dec 28, 5:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler	30 min
Dec 28, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jenkins	25 min
Dec 28, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm 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.