Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008

Tornado Warning 32, NWS Charleston, SC

May 11, 2008Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 9:08 AM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
May 11, 2008, 9:08 AM EDT (13:08 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2008, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
37 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:37 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
8.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 111308
TORCHS
GAC029-051-179-111345-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0032.080511T1308Z-080511T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
908 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 905 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIDWAY...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MIDWAY...RICEBORO...
  SUNBURY...BELFAST...

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.

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 3173 8144 3183 8144 3187 8103 3181 8105
      3174 8110 3172 8113 3172 8118 3170 8118
      3171 8114 3170 8113 3168 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 267DEG 40KT 3179 8137

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 111323
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
923 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

GAC029-051-179-111345-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080511T1345Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
923 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATHAM...SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN
COUNTIES...

AT 919 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNBURY...OR ABOUT
11 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KELLER AND
SUNBURY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3171 8131 3184 8128 3187 8105 3186 8104
      3181 8105 3173 8111 3172 8113 3172 8118
      3170 8118 3171 8114 3170 8113 3168 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 267DEG 39KT 3179 8119

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 111339
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
939 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

GAC029-051-179-111349-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080511T1345Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
939 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM...SOUTHEASTERN
LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT...

AT 938 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA INTO THE 
ATLANTIC...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING 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 3171 8131 3184 8128 3187 8105 3186 8104
      3181 8105 3173 8111 3172 8113 3172 8118
      3170 8118 3171 8114 3170 8113 3168 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 267DEG 39KT 3180 8099

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh37 min
May 11, 2:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven44 min
May 11, 7:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall59 min
May 11, 7:12 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSJenkins, Screven48 min
May 11, 7:16 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall29 min
May 11, 7:39 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSScreven66 min
May 11, 7:41 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall49 min
May 11, 7:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven57 min
May 11, 7:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more40 min
May 11, 7:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Screven52 min
May 11, 7:59 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSScreven16 min
May 11, 8:18 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham27 min
May 11, 8:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and 1 more36 min
May 11, 8:31 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long29 min
May 11, 8:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham41 min
May 11, 8:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham, Effingham19 min
May 11, 8:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh52 min
May 11, 9:14 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSLong, McIntosh31 min
May 11, 9:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh29 min
May 11, 9:36 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSLong, McIntosh24 min
May 11, 9:52 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSMcIntosh23 min
May 11, 10:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSMcIntosh2 hr
May 11, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong, McIntosh65 min
May 11, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, Tattnall40 min
May 11, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh49 min
May 11, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSMcIntosh32 min
May 11, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, McIntosh23 min
May 11, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh19 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008

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.