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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2008, 12:10 AM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 16, 2008, 12:10 AM EDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2008, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 160410
TORCHS
GAC029-051-179-160445-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0022.080316T0410Z-080316T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1210 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
EASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1206 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PEMBROKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
RICHMOND HILL...
BURROUGHS...KELLER...
FORT MCALLISTER...WINDSOR FOREST...
VERNONBURG...ISLE OF HOPE...
SKIDAWAY ISLAND...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID 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 3197 8155 3208 8145 3201 8088 3194 8093
3193 8097 3191 8096 3186 8101 3186 8104
3183 8103 3172 8113 3172 8118 3170 8118
3170 8114 3162 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 292DEG 34KT 3200 8145
$$
333 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 160424
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1223 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
GAC029-051-179-160445-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080316T0445Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
1223 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHATHAM...EASTERN LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 1220 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...OR
ABOUT OVER RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
BURROUGHS...FORT MCALLISTER...HALFMOON LANDING...ISLE OF
HOPE...KELLER...RICHMOND HILL...SANDFLY...SKIDAWAY
ISLAND...SUNBURY...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND AND WINDSOR FOREST.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS TORNADOES...HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR
REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3197 8155 3208 8145 3201 8088 3194 8093
3193 8097 3191 8096 3186 8101 3186 8104
3183 8103 3172 8113 3172 8118 3170 8118
3170 8114 3162 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 290DEG 34KT 3195 8131
$$
33000
WWUS52 KCHS 160435
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1235 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
GAC029-051-179-160445-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080316T0445Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
1235 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHATHAM...EASTERN LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 1233 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT MCALLISTER...
OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3197 8155 3208 8145 3201 8088 3194 8093
3193 8097 3191 8096 3186 8101 3186 8104
3183 8103 3172 8113 3172 8118 3170 8118
3170 8114 3162 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 290DEG 34KT 3190 8118
$$
33000
WWUS52 KCHS 160443
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1243 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
GAC029-051-179-160453-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080316T0445Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
1243 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHATHAM...EASTERN LIBERTY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1238 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY
RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CHARLESTON.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3197 8155 3208 8145 3201 8088 3194 8093
3193 8097 3191 8096 3186 8101 3186 8104
3183 8103 3172 8113 3172 8118 3170 8118
3170 8114 3162 8122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 290DEG 34KT 3180 8113
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 91 min |
| Mar 15, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Evans, Liberty | 43 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.