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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

January 2, 2006Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 1:23 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2006-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2006-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 12:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSTattnall28 min
Jan 2, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham38 min
Jan 2, 1:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS88 min
Jan 2, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Jan 2, 2:20 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS55 min
Jan 2, 3:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS65 min
Jan 2, 4:11 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCHS94 min
Jan 2, 4:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSTattnall30 min
Jan 2, 4:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEvans, Liberty18 min
Jan 2, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan29 min
Jan 2, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham23 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.