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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

February 3, 20165 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2016, 6:29 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Feb 3, 2016, 6:29 PM EST (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Tattnall County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WUUS52 KCHS 032329
SVRCHS
GAC029-031-109-179-267-040015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0002.160203T2329Z-160204T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
629 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 629 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEMBROKE...DAISY...NEVILS...MENDES AND GROVELAND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 8199 3200 8204 3227 8177 3229 8162
      3212 8158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 229DEG 36KT 3202 8196 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

994 
WWUS52 KCHS 032343
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
643 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

GAC267-032352-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
TATTNALL GA-
643 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TATTNALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3209 8193 3227 8177 3229 8162 3212 8158
      3204 8177 3205 8180 3205 8189 3207 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 232DEG 34KT 3208 8184 

$$

GAC029-031-109-179-040015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
BRYAN GA-BULLOCH GA-EVANS GA-LIBERTY GA-
643 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST
FOR BRYAN...BULLOCH...EVANS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAXTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEMBROKE...DAISY...NEVILS AND GROVELAND. 

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.

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 8193 3227 8177 3229 8162 3212 8158
      3204 8177 3205 8180 3205 8189 3207 8194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 232DEG 34KT 3208 8184 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

867 
WWUS52 KCHS 040006
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
706 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

GAC109-179-040016-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
EVANS GA-LIBERTY GA-
706 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EVANS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3223 8174 3229 8162 3212 8158 3208 8168
      3209 8169 3209 8172 3211 8176 3213 8178
      3219 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 229DEG 36KT 3224 8163 

$$

GAC029-031-040015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
BRYAN GA-BULLOCH GA-
706 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST
FOR BRYAN AND BULLOCH COUNTIES...

AT 706 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEMBROKE AND GROVELAND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

&&

LAT...LON 3223 8174 3229 8162 3212 8158 3208 8168
      3209 8169 3209 8172 3211 8176 3213 8178
      3219 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 229DEG 36KT 3224 8163 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 5:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty	50 min
Feb 3, 5:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall	33 min
Feb 3, 5:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bryan, Chatham, Effingham	32 min
Feb 3, 6:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Evans	63 min
Feb 3, 6:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CHS	Bryan, Bulloch, Evans	25 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.