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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 8:49 AM EDT for Bulloch County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 8:49 AM EDT (12:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Effingham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 221249
TORCHS
GAC031-103-221315-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0057.080822T1249Z-080822T1315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
849 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 915 AM EDT
* AT 847 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARLOW...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 28 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
MARLOW...PINEORA...
GUYTON...
STILSON...
THIS TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A BRIEF...
ISOLATED TORNADO WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
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 3244 8150 3224 8127 3219 8136 3222 8143
3223 8144 3223 8145 3231 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 119DEG 24KT 3224 8136
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 221304
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC103-221314-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080822T1315Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3240 8154 3226 8144 3224 8143 3223 8145
3231 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 119DEG 24KT 3228 8149
$$
GAC031-221315-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080822T1315Z/
BULLOCH GA-
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY...
AT 900 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLNEY...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 30 MPH.
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 3240 8154 3226 8144 3224 8143 3223 8145
3231 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 119DEG 24KT 3228 8149
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 221317
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
917 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC031-221327-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080822T1315Z/
BULLOCH GA-
917 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 AM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3240 8154 3226 8144 3224 8143 3223 8145
3231 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 119DEG 24KT 3228 8149
$$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, 2:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 39 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, 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.