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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 4:58 PM EST for Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 4:58 PM EST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 222159
TORCHS
GAC183-191-222300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.050322T2158Z-050322T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
458 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 452 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JESUP...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
TOWNSEND...
JONES...
EULONIA...
SOUTH NEWPORT AND PINE HARBOR...
SHELLMAN BLUFF...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3166 8194 3148 8191 3149 8123 3163 8133
3165 8146 3171 8150
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 222225
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
523 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
GAC183-191-222300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050322T2300Z/
LONG-MCINTOSH-
523 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR LONG AND
MCINTOSH COUNTIES...
AT 522 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUXFORD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. GOLF BALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUDOWICI
AT 517 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JONES...
SHELLMAN BLUFF AND SOUTH NEWPORT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3166 8194 3148 8191 3157 8128 3163 8133
3165 8146 3171 8150
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 222300
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
GAC183-191-222310-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050322T2300Z/
LONG-MCINTOSH-
600 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LONG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM EST...
AT 557 PM EST...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 3166 8194 3148 8191 3157 8128 3163 8133
3165 8146 3171 8150
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 3:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Mar 22, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty | 42 min |
| Mar 22, 5:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Mar 22, 6:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 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.