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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 2:06 AM EDT for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 22, 2008, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 220606 TORCHS GAC031-103-251-220645- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0055.080822T0606Z-080822T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 206 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTH CENTRAL SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 245 AM EDT * AT 202 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STILLWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 34 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... STILLWELL... SPRINGFIELD...GUYTON... SHAWNEE... EGYPT... STILSON... 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 3228 8173 3258 8168 3246 8121 3232 8123 TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 102DEG 29KT 3240 8128 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 220634
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
234 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC031-103-251-220645-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080822T0645Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-BULLOCH GA-SCREVEN GA-
234 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN...EAST CENTRAL BULLOCH AND CENTRAL EFFINGHAM
COUNTIES...
AT 230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERRYVILLE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 34 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EGYPT...
GUYTON...SHAWNEE...SPRINGFIELD AND STILLWELL.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3254 8151 3253 8149 3253 8147 3252 8147
3252 8146 3246 8121 3232 8123 3230 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 098DEG 29KT 3242 8128
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 220642
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
242 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC031-103-251-220651-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080822T0645Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-BULLOCH GA-SCREVEN GA-
241 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN...EAST
CENTRAL BULLOCH AND CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM
EDT...
AT 239 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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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 3254 8151 3253 8149 3253 8147 3252 8147
3252 8146 3246 8121 3232 8123 3230 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 098DEG 29KT 3241 8135
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 110 min |
| Aug 22, 12:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 2:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 4:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 5 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 10:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham | 21 min |
| Aug 22, 10:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 12:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more | 96 min |
| Aug 22, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 82 min |
| Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | 12 hr |
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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.