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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 7:04 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2005, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 012304 TORCHS GAC031-012345- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0006.050601T2304Z-050601T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 704 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEVILS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NEVILS... DENMARK... GEORGIA SOUTHERN... BROOKLET... LEEFIELD... 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 3227 8185 3219 8172 3237 8151 3252 8174 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 012324 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 724 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 GAC031-012345- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050601T2345Z/ BULLOCH- 724 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR BULLOCH COUNTY... AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMIT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3232 8176 3226 8170 3233 8154 3245 8166 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 012348 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 747 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 GAC031-012357- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050601T2345Z/ BULLOCH- 747 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BULLOCH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 745 PM EDT... AT 743 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. 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 3232 8176 3226 8170 3233 8154 3245 8166 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Screven | 47 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.