Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 6:34 PM EST for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 13, 2007, 6:34 PM EST (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 6:59 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 6:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Sylvania, GA | STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS SNAPPED OFF A FEW TREES... DAMAGED A SHED AND DESTROYED A TRAMPOLINE. |
| Feb 13, 6:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Sylvania, GA | STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL PINE TREES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 132334 TORCHS GAC251-140015- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.070213T2334Z-070214T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 634 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 632 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SYLVANIA... OR ABOUT OVER SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... SYLVANIA...ALTMAN... 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 3278 8174 3267 8159 3274 8143 3301 8154 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132354 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 654 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 GAC251-140015- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0015Z/ SCREVEN GA- 654 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR SCREVEN COUNTY... AT 653 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE.... LOCATIONS NEAR THE ALLENDALE COUNTY LINE. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3294 8157 3277 8151 3279 8145 3301 8154 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132359 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 659 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 GAC251-140009- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070214T0015Z/ SCREVEN GA- 659 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCREVEN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 657 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 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 OFFICE 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 3294 8157 3277 8151 3279 8145 3301 8154 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler, Tattnall | 39 min |
| Feb 13, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 47 min |
| Feb 13, 6:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 60 min | |
| Feb 13, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 30 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.