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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 4:33 PM EDT for Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2006, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:37 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 S Springfield, GA | DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMS F0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 3 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. TORNADO PATH WAS NEAR 0.5 MILES LONG WITH A WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. TRACK WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LITTLE MCCALL ROAD AND COURTHOUSE ROAD. TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH MINOR ROOF D |
| Jun 13, 4:37 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 S Springfield, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF MCCALL AND COURTHOUSE ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 132032 TORCHS GAC103-132115- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0025.060613T2033Z-060613T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GUYTON...OR ABOUT OVER SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GUYTON... SPRINGFIELD... SHAWNEE... EGYPT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. LAT...LON 3225 8137 3231 8124 3259 8136 3247 8155 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132101 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 501 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 GAC103-132115- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060613T2115Z/ EFFINGHAM- 501 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY... AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAWNEE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EGYPT... GUYTON...SHAWNEE AND SPRINGFIELD. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3232 8141 3242 8126 3259 8136 3247 8155 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132116 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 GAC103-132125- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060613T2115Z/ EFFINGHAM- 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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 8141 3242 8126 3259 8136 3247 8155 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 60 min | |
| Jun 13, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 26 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.