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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 5:14 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Long County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Donald, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 301 NEAR DONALD. |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 4 Sw Gum Branch, GA | |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Ludowici, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3004 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 172114 TORCHS GAC183-172145- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0015.090617T2114Z-090617T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 514 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DONALD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... DONALD... LUDOWICI... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 8190 3187 8178 3170 8169 3170 8188 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 353DEG 7KT 3183 8185 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 172125 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 525 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 GAC183-172145- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090617T2145Z/ LONG GA- 525 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LONG COUNTY... AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DONALD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DONALD AND LUDOWICI. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. && LAT...LON 3187 8190 3187 8178 3170 8169 3170 8188 TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 355DEG 7KT 3181 8185 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 172133 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 533 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 GAC183-172145- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090617T2145Z/ LONG GA- 533 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LONG COUNTY... AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JONES CREEK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO 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 3187 8190 3187 8178 3170 8169 3170 8188 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 356DEG 8KT 3179 8185 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 13 min | |
| Jun 17, 4:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.