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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 3:40 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 5 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 E Donald, GA | |
| Apr 13, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gum Branch, GA | PUBLIC REPORT OF LARGE TREE LIMBS OF 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN FROM WIND. DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF A TORNADO. |
| Apr 13, 3:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Gum Branch, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL STARTING AT 330 PM THEN DECREASING TO PENNY SIZE HAIL JUST BEFORE 4 PM BETWEEN HINESVILLE AND GLENVILLE ON STATE ROAD 196. ALL HAIL HAD STOPPED BY 4 PM. |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hinesville, GA | SPOTTER IN HINESVILLE REPORTS OCCASIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST NORTH OF TOWN. |
| Apr 13, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Hinesville, GA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING E OGLETHORPE HWY JUST NE OF HINESVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 131940 TORCHS GAC179-183-132030- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0009.090413T1940Z-090413T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 340 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUM BRANCH TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUM BRANCH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINESVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DONALD. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GUM BRANCH... WALTHOURVILLE... WALTHOURVILLE...ALLENHURST... HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON... A TORNADO IS OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM AND MAY REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. 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 3203 8162 3173 8150 3172 8169 3197 8180 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 256DEG 29KT 3193 8177 3178 8186 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132008 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 408 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 GAC179-183-132030- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090413T2030Z/ LONG GA-LIBERTY GA- 406 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR WESTERN LIBERTY AND NORTHEASTERN LONG COUNTIES... AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF FLEMINGTON TO CREEK ISLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PEMBROKE TO HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ALLENHURST...FLEMINGTON...GUM BRANCH...HINESVILLE AND WALTHOURVILLE. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY BE OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM AND MAY REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3203 8162 3173 8150 3172 8169 3197 8180 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 252DEG 28KT 3202 8158 3186 8164 $$
000 WWUS52 KCHS 132027 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 GAC179-183-132036- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090413T2030Z/ LONG GA-LIBERTY GA- 426 PM EDT MON APR 13 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LIBERTY AND NORTHEASTERN LONG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT... AT 422 PM EDT...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. 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 THROUGH THE EVENING. 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 3203 8162 3173 8150 3172 8169 3197 8180 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 252DEG 28KT 3207 8140 3191 8147 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 55 hr | |
| Apr 13, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 22 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Screven, Tattnall | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 67 min |
| Apr 13, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Apr 13, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 88 min |
| Apr 13, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 68 min | |
| Apr 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | McIntosh | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 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.