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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2008, 3:32 PM EDT for Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 19, 2008, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:37 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Thunderbolt, GA | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY OF CHATHAM COUNTY GEORGIA AREA AND HAS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED AROUND 337 PM JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MONTGOMERY CROSS ROAD THE HARVEY TRUMAN PARKWAY AN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 191933
TORCHS
GAC051-192000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0046.080619T1932Z-080619T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
332 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SANDFLY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
SANDFLY...VERNONBURG...
ISLE OF HOPE...
SKIDAWAY ISLAND...
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 3197 8121 3203 8110 3198 8086 3194 8090
3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8093 3192 8092
3185 8099 3186 8104 3184 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 299DEG 9KT 3197 8108
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 191947
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
347 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
GAC051-192000-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080619T2000Z/
CHATHAM GA-
347 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CHATHAM COUNTY...
AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIN POINT...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH...MOVING SOUTH AT 7 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ISLE OF
HOPE...SANDFLY...SKIDAWAY ISLAND...VERNONBURG...WHITE BLUFF AND
WINDSOR FOREST.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3197 8121 3203 8110 3198 8086 3194 8090
3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8093 3192 8092
3185 8099 3186 8104 3184 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 347DEG 6KT 3194 8108
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 191959
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
400 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
GAC051-192010-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080619T2000Z/
CHATHAM GA-
400 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400
PM EDT...
AT 358 PM 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 8121 3203 8110 3198 8086 3194 8090
3195 8095 3193 8097 3193 8093 3192 8092
3185 8099 3186 8104 3184 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 347DEG 6KT 3192 8107
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 60 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.