Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2007, 10:42 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 19, 2007, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 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 200243 TORCHS GAC251-SCC005-200315- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0015.070420T0242Z-070420T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1042 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NORTH OF WHITE HILL AND HUNTERS... SOUTH OF MILBURY... TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU 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. LAT...LON 3290 8149 3282 8159 3275 8140 3282 8128 $$ 33/JJ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 200301 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1101 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007 GAC251-SCC005-200315- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070420T0315Z/ SCREVEN GA-ALLENDALE SC- 1101 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR SCREVEN AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES... AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE.... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3290 8149 3282 8159 3267 8143 3282 8128 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 200318 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1117 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007 GAC251-SCC005-200327- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070420T0315Z/ SCREVEN GA-ALLENDALE SC- 1117 PM EDT THU APR 19 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCREVEN AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM EDT... AT 1117 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 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 3290 8149 3282 8159 3267 8143 3282 8128 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min | |
| Apr 20, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Apr 20, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Apr 20, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 66 min | |
| Apr 20, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Apr 19, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2007Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007
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.