Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 11:03 AM EST for Effingham County, Georgia; Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 11:03 AM EST (16:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Effingham County, GA, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:04 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Rincon, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN AND SEVERAL BRANCHES DOWN IN YARD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Mar 3, 11:04 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rincon, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN IN RINCON GEORGIA. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WFUS52 KCHS 031603 TORCHS GAC103-SCC053-031630- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0003.120303T1603Z-120303T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1103 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1130 AM EST * AT 1103 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR RINCON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RINCON...STILLWELL...EBENEZER...SWITZERLAND... 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 3251 8100 3236 8094 3226 8129 3234 8133 TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 247DEG 30KT 3232 8125 $$
3 follow-up statements
416 WWUS52 KCHS 031613 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1113 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAC103-SCC053-031630- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120303T1630Z/ EFFINGHAM GA-JASPER SC- 1113 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR CENTRAL JASPER AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 1113 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEERFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SWITZERLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3234 8120 3245 8098 3236 8094 3229 8118 TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 261DEG 30KT 3233 8114 $$
947 WWUS52 KCHS 031622 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1122 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 GAC103-031632- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120303T1630Z/ EFFINGHAM GA- 1122 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EFFINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3235 8110 3241 8096 3236 8094 3231 8110 TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 259DEG 42KT 3235 8102 $$ SCC053-031630- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120303T1630Z/ JASPER SC- 1122 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY... AT 1122 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF OKATIE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE.... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. && LAT...LON 3235 8110 3241 8096 3236 8094 3231 8110 TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 259DEG 42KT 3235 8102 $$
016 WWUS52 KCHS 031627 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1127 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 SCC053-031637- /O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120303T1630Z/ JASPER SC- 1127 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EST... AT 1127 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE 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 3235 8110 3241 8096 3236 8094 3231 8110 TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 259DEG 42KT 3221 8092 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:34 AM EST | Gale Watch | CHS | 13 hr | |
| Mar 3, 12:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 1:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 90 min | |
| Mar 3, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 2:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 88 min | |
| Mar 3, 2:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 3:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 37 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:32 PM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 27 hr | |
| Mar 3, 4:32 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 41 hr | |
| Mar 3, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 11:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 4:28 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 28 hr |
Nearby
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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.