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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 46 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.