Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2012, 12:46 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2012, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jenkins County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003 WFUS52 KCHS 101646 TORCHS GAC165-101730- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0012.120610T1646Z-120610T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1246 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JENKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT * AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUTTS...EMMALANE...MILLEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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 3293 8197 3276 8185 3266 8209 3276 8213 TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 236DEG 17KT 3270 8212 $$
4 follow-up statements
487 WWUS52 KCHS 101700 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 100 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 GAC165-101730- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120610T1730Z/ JENKINS GA- 100 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR JENKINS COUNTY... AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THRIFT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS... EMMALANE AND MILLEN. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL ROTATION WITH THIS STORM WEST OF GARFIELD...WHICH COULD DEVELOP FURTHER AND FOLLOW BEHIND THE FIRST ONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY BE OCCURRING OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. && LAT...LON 3293 8197 3276 8185 3266 8209 3276 8213 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 236DEG 17KT 3273 8206 $$
780 WWUS52 KCHS 101711 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 111 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 GAC165-101730- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120610T1730Z/ JENKINS GA- 111 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR JENKINS COUNTY... AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMALANE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS... EMMALANE AND MILLEN. 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. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. 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 3293 8197 3276 8185 3266 8209 3276 8213 TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 237DEG 16KT 3276 8200 $$
861 WWUS52 KCHS 101719 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 119 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 GAC165-101730- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120610T1730Z/ JENKINS GA- 119 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL JENKINS COUNTY... AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMALANE...OR ABOUT OVER MILLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUTTS... EMMALANE AND MILLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 3279 8203 3293 8197 3276 8185 3267 8206 TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 241DEG 22KT 3278 8196 $$
248 WWUS52 KCHS 101730 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 130 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 GAC165-101740- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120610T1730Z/ JENKINS GA- 130 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JENKINS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM EDT... AT 130 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED... THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED...WEAK ROTATION CONTINUES IN THIS STORM. IF THE STORM RESTRENGTHENS...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. 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 3279 8203 3293 8197 3276 8185 3267 8206 TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 241DEG 22KT 3281 8189 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jenkins | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.