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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 1:52 PM EST for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 1:52 PM EST (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
659
WFUS52 KCHS 031852
TORCHS
GAC029-051-179-031930-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0005.120303T1852Z-120303T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
152 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EST
* AT 152 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR
SUNBURY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HALFMOON LANDING...SUNBURY...BELFAST...KELLER...OSSABAW SOUND...
SKIDAWAY ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...
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.
REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8139 3182 8137 3204 8086 3202 8083
3197 8085 3194 8091 3191 8093 3183 8103
3181 8103 3177 8105 3174 8111 3169 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 251DEG 37KT 3175 8130
$$
JAQ2 follow-up statements
462
WWUS52 KCHS 031912 RRA
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
212 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC029-051-179-031930-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T1930Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
212 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM...SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY
COUNTIES...
AT 212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSSABAW ISLAND...
OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND HILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...STRONG
ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY BE OCCURRING
OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 8135 3182 8131 3204 8086 3202 8083
3197 8085 3194 8091 3191 8093 3183 8103
3181 8103 3177 8105 3174 8111 3169 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 251DEG 36KT 3182 8110
$$037
WWUS52 KCHS 031926
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
226 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC029-051-179-031936-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T1930Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-
226 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM...SOUTHEASTERN BRYAN
AND SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EST...
AT 226 PM EST...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 8135 3182 8131 3204 8086 3202 8083
3197 8085 3194 8091 3191 8093 3183 8103
3181 8103 3177 8105 3174 8111 3169 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 251DEG 36KT 3187 8094
$$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, 11:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham | 27 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.