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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2011, 7:08 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 8, 2011, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 7:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burroughs, GA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHEVIS ROAD AND WILD HERRON ROAD. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497 WFUS52 KCHS 082308 TORCHS GAC029-051-179-090000- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0008.110808T2308Z-110809T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 708 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RICHMOND HILL...BELFAST...KELLER...FORT MCALLISTER...MONTGOMERY... 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 3195 8105 3176 8113 3188 8146 3199 8141 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 278DEG 18KT 3190 8135 $$
2 follow-up statements
543 WWUS52 KCHS 082327 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 727 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 GAC179-082336- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110809T0000Z/ LIBERTY GA- 727 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3184 8129 3191 8125 3195 8105 3176 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 289DEG 29KT 3185 8117 $$ GAC029-051-090000- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110809T0000Z/ BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA- 727 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES... AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK LEVEL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT MCALLISTER AND KELLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. && LAT...LON 3184 8129 3191 8125 3195 8105 3176 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 289DEG 29KT 3185 8117 $$ JAQ
226 WWUS52 KCHS 082350 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 750 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 GAC029-051-090000- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110809T0000Z/ BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA- 750 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 746 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 830 PM. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. TO REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT. LAT...LON 3184 8129 3191 8125 3195 8105 3176 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 289DEG 29KT 3179 8095 $$ JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 118 min |
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 119 min | |
| Aug 8, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 64 min |
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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.