Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2008, 12:49 AM EDT for Bryan County, Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2008, 12:49 AM EDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2008, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 230449 TORCHS GAC029-031-230530- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0064.080823T0449Z-080823T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1249 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 AM EDT * AT 1246 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STILSON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEMBROKE... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 28 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... STILSON...AKINS... DENMARK...LEEFIELD... BROOKLET...HUBERT... GEORGIA SOUTHERN...STATESBORO... TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER 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 3233 8192 3254 8169 3221 8142 3216 8148 TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 128DEG 24KT 3222 8147 $$ 33
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 230505 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 105 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 GAC029-230514- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080823T0530Z/ BRYAN GA- 104 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO BULLOCH COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BRYAN COUNTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3233 8192 3254 8169 3224 8144 3222 8156 TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 128DEG 24KT 3228 8156 $$ GAC031-230530- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080823T0530Z/ BULLOCH GA- 104 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR BULLOCH COUNTY... AT 1259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLNEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 28 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AKINS...ARCOLA...BROOKLET...DENMARK...GEORGIA SOUTHERN...LEEFIELD...STATESBORO AND STILSON. 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 3233 8192 3254 8169 3224 8144 3222 8156 TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 128DEG 24KT 3228 8156 $$ 33
000
WWUS52 KCHS 230519
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
119 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
GAC031-230530-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080823T0530Z/
BULLOCH GA-
119 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BULLOCH COUNTY...
AT 113 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMIT...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF STATESBORO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 44 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE...BROOKLET...EMIT...GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND JIMPS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3248 8175 3248 8174 3235 8162 3228 8170
3233 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 127DEG 38KT 3238 8176
$$
33000
WWUS52 KCHS 230526
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
126 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
GAC031-230536-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080823T0530Z/
BULLOCH GA-
126 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130
AM EDT...
AT 122 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.
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 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 3248 8175 3248 8174 3235 8162 3228 8170
3233 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 127DEG 38KT 3240 8185
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 11:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | CHS | 9 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.