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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC

June 1, 2005Bulloch County, Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Screven47 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.