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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Charleston, SC

September 7, 2006Long County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2006, 4:25 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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: Sep 7, 2006, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Long County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 7, 4:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ludowici, GA	1 TREE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 072025
TORCHS
GAC183-072100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0041.060907T2025Z-060907T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
425 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  LUDOWICI...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF JESUP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  LUDOWICI...
  DONALD...

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 3165 8200 3156 8181 3178 8164 3196 8182

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KCHS 072048
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
447 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006

GAC183-072100-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060907T2100Z/
LONG GA-
447 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR LONG
COUNTY...

AT 444 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR WEFANIE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... 
DONALD...WEFANIE AND LUDOWICI.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3176 8192 3164 8177 3179 8169 3194 8185

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		87 min
Sep 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		117 min
Sep 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Liberty	30 min
Sep 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		64 min
Sep 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Long	45 min
Sep 7, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		97 min
Sep 7, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.