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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC

February 3, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 5:10 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Liberty County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

926 
WFUS52 KCHS 032210
TORCHS
GAC029-051-103-179-032300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.160203T2210Z-160203T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
510 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 509 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR FORT STEWART...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POOLER...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...MELDRIM AND BLITCHTON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3188 8156 3194 8163 3222 8143 3208 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 222DEG 31KT 3196 8156 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
543 
WWUS52 KCHS 032243
SVSCHS

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

GAC029-051-103-179-032300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T2300Z/
BRYAN GA-CHATHAM GA-EFFINGHAM GA-LIBERTY GA-
543 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR BRYAN...
CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...
    
AT 538 PM EST...THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WILL BE MOVING OVER FORT STEWART NORTH OF TRINITY.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR DETECTED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT STEWART...ELLABELL...MELDRIM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3188 8156 3194 8163 3222 8143 3208 8125
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 222DEG 31KT 3215 8136 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 5:12 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Liberty, Long, Tattnall33 min
Feb 3, 5:58 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Chatham, Effingham32 min
Feb 3, 6:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCHSEvans63 min
Feb 3, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall46 min
Feb 3, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Bulloch, Evans25 min

Nearby

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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.