Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2007, 6:30 AM EDT for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 21, 2007, 6:30 AM EDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 211031
TORCHS
GAC191-211100-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0025.070921T1030Z-070921T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
630 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 630 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MERIDIAN...
OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
VALONA...MERIDIAN...
CRESCENT...
PINE HARBOR...EULONIA...
SOUTH NEWPORT...
JONES...
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.
LAT...LON 3143 8142 3163 8152 3165 8144 3165 8128
3163 8124 3144 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 160DEG 24KT 3149 8137
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 211048
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
647 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
GAC191-211100-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070921T1100Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
647 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR MCINTOSH
COUNTY...
AT 642 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALONA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CRESCENT...EULONIA...JONES...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...SHELLMAN
BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT AND VALONA.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS TORNADOES...HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3163 8152 3163 8151 3165 8144 3164 8143
3165 8143 3165 8128 3163 8124 3144 8132
3143 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 161DEG 21KT 3149 8136
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 211055
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
655 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
GAC191-211105-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070921T1100Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
655 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM
EDT...
AT 651 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING 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 OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3163 8152 3163 8151 3165 8144 3164 8143
3165 8143 3165 8128 3163 8124 3144 8132
3143 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1055Z 161DEG 21KT 3153 8138
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 7:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 7:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | McIntosh | 113 min |
| Sep 21, 7:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Sep 21, 7:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 7:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty | 113 min |
| Sep 21, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 53 min | |
| Sep 21, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 9:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty | 116 min |
| Sep 21, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Sep 21, 9:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Chatham | 116 min |
| Sep 21, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Sep 21, 11:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Chatham | 2 hr |
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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.