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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2016, 1:08 PM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Liberty County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 7, 2016, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 1:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw I-16/I-95 Interch, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORT THAT TOP OF SOME TREES TAKEN DOWN AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY ON QUACCO ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
720
WFUS52 KCHS 071708
TORCHS
GAC029-051-179-071745-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0011.161007T1708Z-161007T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
108 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 107 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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...
SAVANNAH...POOLER...RICHMOND HILL...GARDEN CITY AND BURROUGHS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 8116 3195 8113 3184 8154 3207 8160
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 079DEG 33KT 3201 8123
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
311
WWUS52 KCHS 071723
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
123 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
GAC051-071733-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161007T1745Z/
CHATHAM GA-
123 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3202 8136 3195 8133 3191 8156 3202 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 080DEG 33KT 3199 8140
$$
GAC029-179-071745-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161007T1745Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
123 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR LIBERTY
AND BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 123 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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...
RICHMOND HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3202 8136 3195 8133 3191 8156 3202 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 080DEG 33KT 3199 8140
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$393
WWUS52 KCHS 071735
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
135 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
GAC029-179-071745-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161007T1745Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
135 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LIBERTY AND BRYAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
145 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3202 8136 3195 8133 3191 8156 3202 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 079DEG 33KT 3197 8151
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 16 min |
| Oct 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 17 hr |
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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.