Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 7, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 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), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 072101
TORCHS
GAC183-072145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0043.060907T2100Z-060907T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LUDOWICI...
OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEFANIE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
LUDOWICI...
WEFANIE...
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.
THIS POSSIBLE 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 3169 8180 3175 8188 3198 8181 3197 8180
3192 8176 3188 8177 3187 8176 3179 8166
3167 8174
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 072124
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
522 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006
GAC183-072145-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060907T2145Z/
LONG GA-
522 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR LONG
COUNTY...
AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF
WEFANIE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LUDOWICI...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELIM.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3170 8170 3181 8184 3198 8181 3197 8180
3192 8176 3188 8177 3187 8176 3179 8166
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 072147
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
547 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006
GAC183-072157-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060907T2145Z/
LONG GA-
547 PM EDT THU SEP 7 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LONG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
AT 542 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER
OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.
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 3170 8170 3181 8184 3198 8181 3197 8180
3192 8176 3188 8177 3187 8176 3179 8166
$$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, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long | 35 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, 5:53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.