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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina; Chatham County, Effingham County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 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
- Oct 7, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
898
WFUS52 KCHS 071829
TORCHS
GAC051-103-SCC013-053-071845-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0012.161007T1829Z-161007T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
229 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...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 229 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLINGER HILL
AREA...MOVING WEST AT 45 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...
RINCON...PORT WENTWORTH...HARDEEVILLE AND PURYSBURGH.
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 3231 8100 3224 8102 3222 8103 3217 8130
3234 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 087DEG 37KT 3227 8106
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
073
WWUS52 KCHS 071845
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
GAC051-103-SCC013-053-071855-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-161007T1845Z/
CHATHAM GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BEAUFORT SC-JASPER SC-
245 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATHAM...EFFINGHAM...BEAUFORT AND JASPER
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3231 8100 3224 8102 3222 8103 3217 8130
3234 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 087DEG 37KT 3226 8123
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min | |
| Oct 7, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 35 min | |
| Oct 7, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 12 min |
| Oct 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Oct 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 14 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 37 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.