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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2009, 2:28 AM EST for Bryan County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 1, 2009, 2:28 AM EST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2009, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KCHS 010728
TORCHS
GAC029-179-010815-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.090301T0728Z-090301T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
228 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 315 AM EST
* AT 228 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GUM
BRANCH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
GUM BRANCH...
LANIER...
ELLABELL...RICHMOND HILL...
BLITCHTON...
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 3187 8175 3191 8176 3196 8175 3200 8181
3223 8143 3219 8141 3211 8140 3207 8136
3205 8136 3197 8129 3194 8128 3184 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 235DEG 49KT 3192 8172
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KCHS 010739
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
239 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
GAC029-179-010815-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090301T0815Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-
239 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 239 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRINITY...OR ABOUT
8 MILES NORTH OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...ELLABELL...GUM BRANCH...LANIER AND RICHMOND HILL.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3187 8175 3191 8176 3196 8175 3200 8181
3223 8143 3219 8141 3211 8140 3207 8136
3205 8136 3197 8129 3194 8128 3184 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 245DEG 25KT 3195 8163
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 010757
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
257 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
GAC029-179-010815-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090301T0815Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-
257 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND CENTRAL BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 257 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRINITY...OR ABOUT
11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...ELLABELL AND LANIER.
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 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3191 8176 3193 8175 3197 8175 3200 8181
3223 8143 3219 8141 3211 8140 3197 8129
3194 8128 3187 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 245DEG 25KT 3200 8150
$$000
WWUS52 KCHS 010812
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
312 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
GAC029-179-010822-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090301T0815Z/
BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-
312 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND CENTRAL BRYAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM EST...
AT 312 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...ADDITIONAL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL MAY AFFECT THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 3191 8176 3193 8175 3197 8175 3200 8181
3223 8143 3219 8141 3211 8140 3197 8129
3194 8128 3187 8175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 245DEG 25KT 3204 8139
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 37 min | |
| Mar 1, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 3:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 AM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 30 hr | |
| Mar 1, 4:19 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 35 hr | |
| Mar 1, 4:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 5:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 7:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 119 min | |
| Mar 1, 11:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min | |
| Mar 1, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 5 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.