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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT for McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 1, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
207
WUUS52 KCHS 012143
SVRCHS
GAC191-012245-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0013.160401T2143Z-160401T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
543 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 543 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DOCK JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DARIEN...CRESCENT...SAPELO ISLAND...RIDGEVILLE...SHELLMAN BLUFF...
BLACKBEARD ISLAND...MERIDIAN AND VALONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INCREASED ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...TAKE
SHELTER IN A CLOSET...BATHROOM OR SMALL...CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3129 8141 3133 8144 3134 8149 3138 8155
3145 8162 3163 8138 3151 8116 3140 8123
3137 8122 3135 8124 3131 8122 3129 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 235DEG 35KT 3133 8166
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
448
WWUS52 KCHS 012159
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
559 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
GAC191-012245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T2245Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
559 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY...
AT 558 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DARIEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DARIEN...CRESCENT...SAPELO ISLAND...RIDGEVILLE...SHELLMAN BLUFF...
BLACKBEARD ISLAND...MERIDIAN AND VALONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INCREASED ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO TAKE SHELTER
IN A CLOSET...BATHROOM OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3129 8141 3133 8144 3134 8149 3138 8155
3145 8162 3163 8138 3151 8116 3140 8123
3137 8122 3135 8124 3131 8122 3129 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 246DEG 40KT 3140 8146
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$239
WWUS52 KCHS 012207
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
607 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
GAC191-012245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T2245Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
607 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY...
AT 607 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARIEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DARIEN...MERIDIAN...VALONA...CRESCENT...SAPELO ISLAND...RIDGEVILLE...LITTLE
SAINT SIMONS ISLAND AND WOLF ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INCREASED ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED. REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO TAKE SHELTER
IN A CLOSET...BATHROOM OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3129 8141 3133 8144 3134 8149 3140 8151
3149 8148 3160 8132 3151 8116 3140 8123
3137 8122 3135 8124 3131 8123 3129 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 245DEG 27KT 3141 8139
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$125
WWUS52 KCHS 012220
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
620 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
GAC191-012245-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T2245Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
620 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY...
AT 620 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MERIDIAN...VALONA...CRESCENT...SAPELO ISLAND...RIDGEVILLE...WOLF ISLAND...
CARNIGAN AND BLACKBEARD ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 8138 3144 8143 3149 8140 3158 8129
3151 8116 3140 8123 3139 8123 3137 8122
3135 8124 3132 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 242DEG 41KT 3146 8127
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$175
WWUS52 KCHS 012239
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
639 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
GAC191-012249-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160401T2245Z/
MCINTOSH GA-
639 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3136 8138 3144 8143 3149 8140 3158 8129
3151 8116 3140 8123 3139 8123 3137 8122
3135 8124 3132 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 235DEG 35KT 3146 8127
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 9:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins | 59 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 20 min |
| Apr 1, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 30 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.