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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 1, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Harris Neck, GA | ONE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON HARRIS NECK ROAD. |
| Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Harris Neck, GA | THE HARRIS NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MANAGER REPORTED TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG WILDLIFE DRIVE WITHIN THE REFUGE. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085
WFUS52 KCHS 011918
TORCHS
GAC029-179-191-012000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0004.140801T1918Z-140801T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
318 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 318 PM EDT...METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR HARRIS NECK...MOVING EAST AT
5 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HARRIS NECK...HALFMOON LANDING...ST. CATHERINES ISLAND...
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 3159 8135 3167 8139 3174 8122 3172 8119
3171 8117 3169 8115 3166 8113 3163 8113
3162 8113 3160 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 254DEG 5KT 3165 8132
$$3 follow-up statements
991
WWUS52 KCHS 011927
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
GAC029-179-191-012000-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140801T2000Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-MCINTOSH GA-
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF LIBERTY...BRYAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...
AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIS NECK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HALFMOON
LANDING...HARRIS NECK AND ST. CATHERINES ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF...ISOLATED TORNADO. WHILE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE IS UNLIKELY...WEAK TORNADOES CAN FLIP MOBILE HOMES...DOWN
TREES...AND BLOW CARS OFF THE ROAD. SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8134 3167 8136 3174 8122 3172 8119
3171 8117 3169 8115 3166 8113 3162 8113
3160 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 253DEG 8KT 3165 8130
$$678
WWUS52 KCHS 011937
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
GAC029-011947-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140801T2000Z/
BRYAN GA-
337 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF BRYAN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3161 8133 3167 8134 3170 8122 3171 8117
3169 8115 3166 8113 3162 8113 3160 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 276DEG 6KT 3163 8129
$$
GAC179-191-012000-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140801T2000Z/
LIBERTY GA-MCINTOSH GA-
337 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF LIBERTY AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIS NECK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
TIBET...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARRIS
NECK AND ST. CATHERINES ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF...ISOLATED TORNADO. WHILE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE IS UNLIKELY...WEAK TORNADOES CAN FLIP MOBILE HOMES...DOWN
TREES...AND BLOW CARS OFF THE ROAD. SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8133 3167 8134 3170 8122 3171 8117
3169 8115 3166 8113 3162 8113 3160 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 276DEG 6KT 3163 8129
$$213
WWUS52 KCHS 011956
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
356 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
GAC179-191-012005-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140801T2000Z/
LIBERTY GA-MCINTOSH GA-
356 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF LIBERTY AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
AT 355 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER.
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 3161 8133 3167 8134 3170 8122 3171 8117
3169 8115 3166 8113 3162 8113 3160 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 276DEG 6KT 3163 8125
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 26 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.