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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT for Candler County, Evans County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 22, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manassas, GA | LARGE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN BLOCKING SEVERAL ROADS IN MANASSAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 221849
TORCHS
GAC043-109-267-221930-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0063.080822T1849Z-080822T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
249 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MANASSAS...
OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
MANASSAS...
COLLINS...
COBBTOWN...
ALINE...
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.
THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT
UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.
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 8222 3241 8220 3222 8195 3214 8201
3221 8221 3222 8221 3226 8223 3229 8223
3233 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 120DEG 30KT 3221 8204
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 221859
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
259 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC043-109-221907-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080822T1930Z/
EVANS GA-CANDLER GA-
257 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CANDLER AND NORTHWESTERN EVANS
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CANDLER AND NORTHWESTERN EVANS COUNTIES HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN CANDLER AND NORTHWESTERN EVANS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3231 8222 3223 8206 3217 8210 3219 8213
3220 8219 3221 8219 3221 8221 3226 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 116DEG 31KT 3223 8212
$$
GAC267-221930-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080822T1930Z/
TATTNALL GA-
257 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY...
AT 255 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR COLLINS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLLINS
AND RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY.
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.
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 3231 8222 3223 8206 3217 8210 3219 8213
3220 8219 3221 8219 3221 8221 3226 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 116DEG 31KT 3223 8212
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 221915
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
315 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC267-221925-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080822T1930Z/
TATTNALL GA-
315 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TATTNALL COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 313 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
TATTNALL COUNTY HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3231 8222 3223 8206 3217 8210 3219 8213
3220 8219 3221 8219 3221 8221 3226 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 116DEG 31KT 3229 8229
$$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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.