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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Charleston, SC

August 2, 2012Liberty County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT for Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 7 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
Aug 2, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Liberty County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Midway, GAONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LUKE ROAD AND HW-17.
Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Fort Stewart, GAPUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN FORT STEWART.
Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Allenhurst, GATHE LIBERTY COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER RELAYED A REPORT OF ONE TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 119.
Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.882 W Midway, GALIBERTY COUNTY CALL CENTER RELAYED A REPORT FROM A SHERIFFS DEPUTY OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LEWIS FRASIER ROAD AND HW-84.
Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDTHAIL 0.74 Ene Fort Stewart, GAA TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL.
Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWalthourville, GATHE LIBERTY COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 119 AND HIGHWAY 84.
Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Hinesville, GALIBERTY COUNTY 911 REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON LEE RD AND BACON RD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 2, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3176 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

439 
WFUS52 KCHS 022032
TORCHS
GAC179-022115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0017.120802T2032Z-120802T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
432 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER          
  HINESVILLE...NEAR MCINTOSH...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE PUBLIC    
  REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THIS AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCINTOSH...FLEMINGTON...MIDWAY...ALLENHURST...WALTHOURVILLE...
  CROSSROADS...HINESVILLE

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 3167 8146 3169 8146 3170 8147 3170 8150
      3177 8164 3191 8159 3191 8140 3190 8139
      3185 8138 3184 8136 3165 8134 3166 8135
      3165 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 000DEG 9KT 3183 8149

$$
2 follow-up statements
503 
WWUS52 KCHS 022053
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
453 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAC179-022115-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120802T2115Z/
LIBERTY GA-
453 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LIBERTY COUNTY...

AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALLENHURST...FLEMINGTON...HINESVILLE...MCINTOSH...RETREAT...
RICEBORO...WALTHOURVILLE...CROSSROADS AND MIDWAY.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3167 8146 3169 8146 3170 8147 3170 8151
      3177 8164 3186 8161 3185 8138 3184 8136
      3165 8134 3166 8135 3165 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 001DEG 12KT 3178 8146

$$
633 
WWUS52 KCHS 022107
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
507 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

GAC179-022117-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120802T2115Z/
LIBERTY GA-
507 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM EDT...

AT 507 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 3167 8146 3169 8146 3170 8147 3170 8151
      3177 8164 3186 8161 3185 8138 3184 8136
      3165 8134 3166 8135 3165 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 001DEG 12KT 3173 8146

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS55 min
Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSChatham, Effingham65 min
Aug 2, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Jenkins, Screven57 min
Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSTattnall31 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Effingham61 min
Aug 2, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven59 min
Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham61 min
Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSScreven63 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty82 min
Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Screven56 min
Aug 2, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Liberty63 min
Aug 2, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh56 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSMcIntosh35 min
Aug 2, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS57 min
Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS46 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.