Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 1:28 PM EST for Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 1:50 PM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 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 021828 TORCHS GAC051-103-021900- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.060102T1828Z-060102T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 128 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 200 PM EST * AT 128 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MEINHARD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... MEINHARD AND MONTEITH... THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. LAT...LON 3217 8136 3214 8132 3218 8116 3227 8124 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 021834 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 134 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC051-103-021900- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T1900Z/ EFFINGHAM-CHATHAM- 134 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM AND NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTIES... AT 134 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEINHARD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MEINHARD...MONTEITH...LEARY...INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN LEARY AND POOLER... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3218 8131 3213 8127 3218 8112 3227 8120 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 021839 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC103-021849- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T1900Z/ EFFINGHAM- 139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY 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 3217 8122 3212 8119 3214 8111 3222 8117 $$ GAC051-021900- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T1900Z/ CHATHAM- 139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR CHATHAM COUNTY... AT 139 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT WENTWORTH... OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MONTEITH AND PORT WENTWORTH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3217 8122 3212 8119 3214 8111 3222 8117 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 021850 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 150 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 GAC051-021900- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T1900Z/ CHATHAM- 150 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 150 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED. 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 3217 8122 3212 8119 3214 8111 3222 8117 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 28 min |
| Jan 2, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 1:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 88 min | |
| Jan 2, 2:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 55 min | |
| Jan 2, 3:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Liberty | 18 min |
| Jan 2, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.