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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2008, 4:05 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 19, 2008, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 192004
TORCHS
GAC029-051-192030-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0047.080619T2005Z-080619T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
405 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SKIDAWAY
ISLAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
SKIDAWAY ISLAND...VERNONBURG...
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 3191 8121 3203 8112 3196 8094 3193 8097
3193 8093 3191 8092 3185 8098 3186 8104
3179 8104 3176 8109 3176 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 346DEG 13KT 3189 8107
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 192013
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
413 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
GAC029-051-192030-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080619T2030Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
413 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATHAM AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIO VISTA...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3191 8121 3195 8110 3191 8099 3188 8096
3185 8098 3186 8104 3184 8105 3183 8104
3179 8104 3176 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 324DEG 7KT 3189 8107
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 192023
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
422 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
GAC029-051-192032-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-080619T2030Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
422 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
AT 415 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 3191 8121 3195 8110 3191 8099 3188 8096
3185 8098 3186 8104 3184 8105 3183 8104
3179 8104 3176 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 324DEG 7KT 3188 8106
$$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, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.