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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2014, 3:30 PM EST for Liberty County, Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jan 11, 2014, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2014, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Riceboro, GA | LIBERTY COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER PORTS A TREE DOWN ON EB COOPER HIGHWAY NEAR RICEBORO. |
| Jan 11, 3:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Midway, GA | TREE DOWN REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAY CREEK ROAD AND CHARLIE BUTLER ROAD. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 941 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WFUS52 KCHS 112030
TORCHS
GAC179-183-112115-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.140111T2030Z-140111T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
330 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 330 PM EST...METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR TIBET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
TIBET...WALTHOURVILLE...ALLENHURST...HINESVILLE...CROSSROADS...
CROSSROADS...MIDWAY...
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 3156 8170 3158 8170 3161 8174 3165 8179
3194 8154 3176 8128 3166 8144 3166 8146
3168 8147 3168 8146 3169 8147 3170 8149
3158 8156 3155 8163 3154 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 228DEG 47KT 3165 8164
$$3 follow-up statements
195
WWUS52 KCHS 112040
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
340 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
GAC179-183-112115-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2115Z/
LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-
340 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PORTIONS
OF LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES...
AT 340 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LECOUNT...OR ABOUT
OVER TIBET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CROSSROADS...RETREAT...RICEBORO AND MIDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3170 8157 3189 8148 3176 8128 3166 8144
3166 8146 3168 8147 3168 8146 3170 8147
3170 8149 3167 8151 3163 8154 3163 8155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 236DEG 47KT 3168 8150
$$945 WWUS52 KCHS 112049 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 349 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 GAC183-112059- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2115Z/ LONG GA- 349 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF LONG 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 3168 8141 3180 8147 3186 8143 3176 8128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 236DEG 47KT 3174 8138 $$ GAC179-112115- /O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2115Z/ LIBERTY GA- 349 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF LIBERTY COUNTY... AT 349 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO NEAR RICEBORO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RETREAT... RICEBORO AND MIDWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3168 8141 3180 8147 3186 8143 3176 8128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 236DEG 47KT 3174 8138 $$
473 WWUS52 KCHS 112058 SVSCHS SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 358 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 GAC179-112108- /O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2115Z/ LIBERTY GA- 358 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF LIBERTY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 358 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3168 8141 3180 8147 3186 8143 3176 8128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 236DEG 47KT 3180 8126 $$
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, 2:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 41 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.