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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2009, 1:42 PM EST for Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia; Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Dec 9, 2009, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 1:48 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Bloomingdale, GA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT IN BLOOMINGDALE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KCHS 091842 TORCHS GAC051-103-SCC053-091915- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0026.091209T1842Z-091209T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 142 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 215 PM EST * AT 140 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR BLOOMINGDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BLOOMINGDALE...MELDRIM...POOLER...MEINHARD...MONTEITH... HARDEEVILLE...PURYSBURGH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024. && LAT...LON 3237 8105 3218 8100 3207 8136 3219 8141 TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 247DEG 31KT 3218 8130 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 091853 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 153 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 GAC051-103-SCC053-091915- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-091209T1915Z/ EFFINGHAM GA-CHATHAM GA-JASPER SC- 153 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER...NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 151 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEINHARD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT AROUND 148 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR BLOOMINGDALE. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLOOMINGDALE...MEINHARD...MONTEITH...PORT WENTWORTH...HARDEEVILLE AND PURYSBURGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3211 8131 3220 8132 3237 8105 3218 8100 TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 247DEG 31KT 3221 8121 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 091903 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 203 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 GAC103-091912- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-091209T1915Z/ EFFINGHAM GA- 203 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3215 8116 3224 8114 3237 8105 3218 8100 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 247DEG 31KT 3224 8111 $$ GAC051-SCC053-091915- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-091209T1915Z/ CHATHAM GA-JASPER SC- 203 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTH CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTIES... AT 200 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIMEHOUSE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLINGER HILL AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HARDEEVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NOTE...ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3215 8116 3224 8114 3237 8105 3218 8100 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 247DEG 31KT 3224 8111 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 091909 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 209 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 GAC051-SCC053-091918- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-091209T1915Z/ CHATHAM GA-JASPER SC- 209 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTH CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EST... AT 208 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3215 8116 3224 8114 3237 8105 3218 8100 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 247DEG 31KT 3226 8106 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 11 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 2:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Dec 9, 2:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 24 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.