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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2012, 1:10 PM EDT for Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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 5, 2012, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:27 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 Se Reidsville, GA | |
| Jun 5, 1:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Mendes, GA | |
| Jun 5, 1:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mendes, GA | |
| Jun 5, 1:45 PM EDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 W Glennville, GA | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
130
WFUS52 KCHS 051710
TORCHS
GAC267-051800-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0011.120605T1710Z-120605T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
110 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR GORDONIA
ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GORDONIA ALTAMAHA STATE PARK...MENDES...GLENNVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024...WHEN IT IS
SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3203 8222 3205 8221 3211 8220 3201 8186
3184 8196 3200 8222 3201 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 293DEG 23KT 3205 8217
$$3 follow-up statements
104
WWUS52 KCHS 051729
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
129 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC267-051800-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120605T1800Z/
TATTNALL GA-
129 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TATTNALL COUNTY...
AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENDES...OR ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO
COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8212 3202 8210 3204 8206 3201 8186
3184 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 293DEG 23KT 3200 8202
$$808 WWUS52 KCHS 051745 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 GAC267-051800- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120605T1800Z/ TATTNALL GA- 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AT 128 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF REIDSVILLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GLENNVILLE...LYNN AND MENDES. 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. THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW. 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 3194 8205 3203 8200 3201 8186 3188 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 293DEG 23KT 3196 8191 $$
281 WWUS52 KCHS 051751 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 151 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 GAC267-051801- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120605T1800Z/ TATTNALL GA- 151 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TATTNALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT... AT 151 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 3194 8205 3203 8200 3201 8186 3188 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 293DEG 23KT 3194 8187 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 64 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Long, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Evans | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Effingham | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 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.