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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2014, 2:37 PM EST for Bulloch County, Candler 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
- Jan 11, 2014, 2:37 PM EST (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2014, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WFUS52 KCHS 111937 TORCHS GAC031-043-112015- /O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.140111T1937Z-140111T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 237 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF... BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... CANDLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 315 PM EST * AT 237 PM EST...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PULASKI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... REGISTER...PULASKI...WESTSIDE...GEORGIA SOUTHERN...HOPEULIKIT... STATESBORO...MIDDLEGROUND... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3230 8216 3261 8181 3245 8156 3227 8196 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 238DEG 39KT 3232 8201 $$
2 follow-up statements
380
WWUS52 KCHS 111950
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
250 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
GAC043-112000-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T2015Z/
CANDLER GA-
250 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CANDLER COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3230 8190 3242 8191 3245 8195 3258 8176
3245 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 254DEG 40KT 3239 8184
$$
GAC031-112015-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T2015Z/
BULLOCH GA-
250 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PORTIONS
OF BULLOCH COUNTY...
AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR REGISTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WESTSIDE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GEORGIA
SOUTHERN...MIDDLEGROUND...REGISTER...STATESBORO AND WESTSIDE.
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.
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 3230 8190 3242 8191 3245 8195 3258 8176
3245 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 254DEG 40KT 3239 8184
$$938
WWUS52 KCHS 112005
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
305 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
GAC031-112015-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T2015Z/
BULLOCH GA-
305 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BULLOCH COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 305 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3230 8190 3242 8191 3245 8195 3258 8176
3245 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 254DEG 40KT 3243 8165
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 12:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 45 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.