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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Charleston, SC

August 22, 2008Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 2:09 AM EDT for Effingham County, Screven County, Georgia; Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 29 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, 2:09 AM EDT (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2008, 2:38 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Effingham County, GA, Screven County, GA, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2008-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KCHS 220609
TORCHS
GAC103-251-SCC049-053-220700-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0056.080822T0609Z-080822T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
209 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SWITZERLAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELAND...MOVING WEST AT
  35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SWITZERLAND...JASPER...
  TILLMAN...
  EBENEZER...
  TARBORO...
  CLYO...

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 3239 8124 3246 8122 3253 8151 3269 8145
      3245 8092 3233 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 101DEG 31KT 3241 8104

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 220622
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
222 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

SCC049-220632-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080822T0700Z/
HAMPTON SC-
222 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

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 3256 8150 3257 8150 3258 8149 3261 8148
      3263 8147 3245 8107 3237 8108 3239 8124
      3246 8122 3253 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 101DEG 31KT 3243 8117

$$

GAC103-251-SCC053-220700-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080822T0700Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-SCREVEN GA-JASPER SC-
222 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN AND NORTHERN EFFINGHAM
COUNTIES...

AT 222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TILLMAN...OR ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING WEST AT 36 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TILLMAN...
CLYO AND KILDARE.

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 3256 8150 3257 8150 3258 8149 3261 8148
      3263 8147 3245 8107 3237 8108 3239 8124
      3246 8122 3253 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 101DEG 31KT 3243 8117

$$
000 
WWUS52 KCHS 220638
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
238 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

GAC103-251-SCC053-220648-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080822T0700Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-SCREVEN GA-JASPER SC-
238 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN SCREVEN
AND NORTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 238 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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 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 3256 8150 3257 8150 3258 8149 3261 8148
      3263 8147 3245 8107 3237 8108 3239 8124
      3246 8122 3253 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 101DEG 31KT 3245 8133

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSLiberty, McIntosh110 min
Aug 22, 12:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSLiberty, McIntosh3 hr
Aug 22, 1:25 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham50 min
Aug 22, 2:06 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham, Screven39 min
Aug 22, 4:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh6 hr
Aug 22, 6:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh5 hr
Aug 22, 8:49 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham26 min
Aug 22, 10:24 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Effingham21 min
Aug 22, 10:46 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven44 min
Aug 22, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven60 min
Aug 22, 12:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more96 min
Aug 22, 1:37 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall53 min
Aug 22, 2:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall4 hr
Aug 22, 2:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty82 min
Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSCandler, Evans, Tattnall26 min
Aug 22, 5:01 PM EDTWind AdvisoryCHS12 hr
Aug 21, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS45 min
Aug 22, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper41 min
Aug 22, 1:15 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Jasper45 min
Aug 22, 2:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBeaufort, Jasper108 min
Aug 22, 5:33 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCHS12 hr
Aug 22, 6:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Aug 22, 11:09 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCHS41 hr
Aug 22, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSHampton, Jasper48 min
Aug 22, 12:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester56 min
Aug 22, 1:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester47 min
Aug 22, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS66 min
Aug 22, 1:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester86 min
Aug 22, 2:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester57 min
Aug 22, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS57 min
Aug 22, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS119 min
Aug 22, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS119 min
Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS55 min
Aug 22, 3:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBerkeley, Charleston62 min
Aug 22, 4:36 PM EDTGale WarningCHS12 hr
Aug 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr
Aug 22, 4:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSCharleston, Colleton, Dorchester65 min
Aug 22, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS93 min
Aug 22, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS2 hr

Nearby

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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.