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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 5:12 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 5:12 PM EST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 104 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 nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
767
WFUS52 KCHS 032212
TORCHS
GAC029-179-183-267-032245-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.160203T2212Z-160203T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
512 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST
* AT 511 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDOWICI...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
PEMBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3183 8187 3188 8195 3213 8163 3205 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 232DEG 37KT 3188 8188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
629
WWUS52 KCHS 032227
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
527 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC267-032236-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2245Z/
TATTNALL GA-
527 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TATTNALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3190 8176 3196 8183 3213 8163 3205 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 232DEG 37KT 3198 8173
$$
GAC029-179-183-032245-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2245Z/
BRYAN GA-LONG GA-LIBERTY GA-
527 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR BRYAN...
LONG AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STEWART...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
PEMBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3190 8176 3196 8183 3213 8163 3205 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 232DEG 37KT 3198 8173
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$488
WWUS52 KCHS 032248
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
548 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC029-179-183-032255-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2245Z/
BRYAN GA-LONG GA-LIBERTY GA-
548 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LONG AND LIBERTY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CHARLESTON.
LAT...LON 3190 8176 3196 8183 3213 8163 3205 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 232DEG 37KT 3198 8173
$$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 | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 50 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.