Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 4:48 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Shellman Bluff, GA | A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS YOUNGMAN ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 5:08 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Shellman Bluff, GA | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN SHELMAN BLUFF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068
WFUS52 KCHS 242148
TORCHS
GAC029-179-183-191-242230-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.120224T2148Z-120224T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
448 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
NORTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 448 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR TIBET...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
TIBET...TOWNSEND...JONES...EULONIA...SOUTH NEWPORT...RETREAT...
SHELLMAN BLUFF...MIDWAY...HALFMOON LANDING...HARRIS NECK...
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 3146 8162 3151 8166 3154 8167 3156 8170
3158 8170 3162 8179 3165 8180 3191 8129
3173 8115 3172 8116 3169 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3152 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 252DEG 54KT 3159 8162
$$3 follow-up statements
896
WWUS52 KCHS 242201
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
501 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC029-179-183-191-242230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T2230Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-
501 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN LONG...SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WARSAW...OR ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELFAST...
CRESCENT...EULONIA...HALFMOON LANDING...HARRIS NECK...JONES...PINE
HARBOR...RETREAT...RICEBORO...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...ST.
CATHERINES ISLAND...SUNBURY...TOWNSEND AND CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3173 8165 3185 8125 3173 8115 3172 8116
3169 8112 3163 8112 3155 8117 3152 8117
3147 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 263DEG 41KT 3157 8144
$$345
WWUS52 KCHS 242213
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
513 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC029-179-183-191-242230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T2230Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-LONG GA-MCINTOSH GA-
513 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN LONG...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELLMAN BLUFF...
OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CRESCENT...EULONIA...HARRIS NECK...JONES...PINE HARBOR...SHELLMAN
BLUFF...SOUTH NEWPORT...ST. CATHERINES ISLAND...TIBET AND TOWNSEND.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3162 8161 3173 8115 3172 8116 3169 8112
3163 8112 3155 8117 3152 8117 3147 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 257DEG 47KT 3159 8125
$$728
WWUS52 KCHS 242219
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
519 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC029-183-242229-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T2230Z/
BRYAN GA-LONG GA-
519 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LONG AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
BRYAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3151 8131 3165 8132 3169 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3152 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 257DEG 47KT 3161 8116
$$
GAC179-191-242230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T2230Z/
LIBERTY GA-MCINTOSH GA-
519 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIS NECK...OR
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARRIS
NECK AND ST. CATHERINES ISLAND.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3151 8131 3165 8132 3169 8112 3163 8112
3155 8117 3152 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 257DEG 47KT 3161 8116
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty and 2 more | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven and 1 more | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 4:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 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.