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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 7:12 AM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 6 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
- May 11, 2008, 7:12 AM EDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:33 AM EDT | TORNADO | 4 S Millen, GA | *** 1 INJ *** CONFIRMED EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF EMMALANE AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 1200 YARDS. THE TORNADO HAD MAXIMUM WINDS OF 95 MPH. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...WITH SPEEDS UP TO 110 MPH...ALSO OC |
| May 11, 7:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Millen, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON OLD WEST SAVANNAH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| May 11, 7:35 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Millen, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON OLD WEST SAVANNAH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| May 11, 7:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sylvania, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON BURTONS HIGHWAY...CHERRY HIGHWAY...COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND BUCK CREEK ROAD. |
| May 11, 7:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Sylvania, GA | MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. PINE TREE FELL ON A VEHICLE. |
| May 11, 7:56 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Sylvania, GA | HIGHWAY 24 BLOCKED BY LARGE TREES AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREINDSHIP ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 111112
TORCHS
GAC165-251-111200-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0025.080511T1112Z-080511T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
712 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT
* AT 710 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
HERNDON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 62
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HERNDON AROUND 725 AM EDT...
EMMALANE...BUTTS AROUND 730 AM EDT...
MILLEN...SCARBORO AROUND 735 AM EDT...
WOODCLIFF...ROCKY FORD AROUND 740 AM EDT...
HILLTONIA...SYLVANIA AROUND 750 AM EDT...
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 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 3287 8213 3291 8209 3293 8203 3292 8195
3295 8185 3291 8176 3304 8155 3269 8144
3263 8205 3267 8210 3279 8215 3284 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 262DEG 54KT 3275 8231
$$
JAQ2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 111125
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
722 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC165-251-111200-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080511T1200Z/
JENKINS GA-SCREVEN GA-
722 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
SCREVEN AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
AT 722 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HERNDON...OR ABOUT
14 MILES WEST OF MILLEN...MOVING EAST AT 62 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALTMAN...
BUTTS...EMMALANE...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...
PERKINS...ROCKY FORD...SCARBORO...SYLVANIA AND WOODCLIFF.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF THE AREA.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR
VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3287 8213 3291 8209 3293 8203 3292 8195
3295 8185 3291 8176 3304 8155 3269 8144
3263 8205 3267 8210 3279 8215 3284 8215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1122Z 262DEG 54KT 3277 8213
$$
JAQ000
WWUS52 KCHS 111143
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
743 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC165-251-111200-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080511T1200Z/
JENKINS GA-SCREVEN GA-
743 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
SCREVEN AND EASTERN JENKINS COUNTIES...
AT 743 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
MILLEN...MOVING EAST AT 62 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALTMAN...HILLTONIA...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...SCARBORO...SYLVAN IA AND
WOODCLIFF.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF THE AREA.
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 3285 8195 3296 8185 3291 8176 3300 8163
3302 8160 3301 8159 3303 8158 3304 8155
3269 8144 3270 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 262DEG 54KT 3281 8176
$$
JAQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 37 min |
| May 11, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall | 59 min |
| May 11, 7:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 66 min |
| May 11, 7:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 57 min |
| May 11, 7:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Screven | 52 min |
| May 11, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 16 min |
| May 11, 8:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 29 min |
| May 11, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 41 min |
| May 11, 8:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 19 min |
| May 11, 8:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 52 min |
| May 11, 9:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 37 min |
| May 11, 9:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 31 min |
| May 11, 9:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 29 min |
| May 11, 9:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 24 min |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 23 min |
| May 11, 10:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | McIntosh | 2 hr |
| May 11, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 65 min |
| May 11, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 49 min |
| May 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 23 min |
| May 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 19 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.