Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 3:13 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 1, 2005, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 011913 TORCHS GAC031-251-012000- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0005.050601T1913Z-050601T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 313 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DOVER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... DOVER... CAPTOLO... NEWINGTON... HUNTERS AND ALTMAN... 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 3257 8182 3246 8167 3262 8140 3279 8156 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 011929 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 327 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 GAC031-011937- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T2000Z/ BULLOCH- 327 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BULLOCH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDEERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTRHEASTWARD OUT OF BULLOCH COUNTY. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3262 8177 3252 8159 3262 8140 3279 8156 $$ GAC251-012000- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T2000Z/ SCREVEN- 327 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SCREVEN COUNTY... AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOPERVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALTMAN... CAPTOLO...HUNTERS AND NEWINGTON. 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 3262 8177 3252 8159 3262 8140 3279 8156 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 011942 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 341 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 GAC251-012000- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T2000Z/ SCREVEN- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SCREVEN COUNTY... AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPTOLO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3262 8177 3252 8159 3262 8140 3279 8156 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 011956 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 GAC251-012006- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050601T2000Z/ SCREVEN- 356 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCREVEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT... AT 356 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKEND...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 3262 8177 3252 8159 3262 8140 3279 8156 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.