Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2007, 7:09 AM EDT for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 7:09 AM EDT (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 211109
TORCHS
GAC191-211145-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0026.070921T1109Z-070921T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
709 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT
* AT 708 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VALONA...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
VALONA...MERIDIAN...
CRESCENT...
PINE HARBOR...EULONIA...
SHELLMAN BLUFF...
SOUTH NEWPORT...
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 SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
LAT...LON 3143 8144 3163 8154 3164 8153 3165 8153
3163 8125 3144 8127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 167DEG 16KT 3149 8137
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 211122
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
722 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
GAC191-211145-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070921T1145Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
722 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR MCINTOSH
COUNTY...
AT 721 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE HARBOR...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CARNIGAN...CRESCENT...EULONIA...MERIDIAN...PINE HARBOR...SHELLMAN
BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT AND VALONA.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3143 8144 3165 8145 3164 8140 3163 8125
3146 8127 3145 8127 3144 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 1122Z 188DEG 16KT 3155 8134
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 211144
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
742 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
GAC191-211152-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070921T1145Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
742 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 AM
EDT...
AT 738 AM 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.
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 3143 8144 3165 8145 3164 8140 3163 8125
3146 8127 3145 8127 3144 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 188DEG 16KT 3164 8133
$$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, 6:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 30 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.