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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 6:50 PM EST for Bryan County, Bulloch County, Evans County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Evans County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
156
WFUS52 KCHS 032350
TORCHS
GAC029-031-109-040015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0004.160203T2350Z-160204T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
650 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BULLOCH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EVANS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 650 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF CLAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
PEMBROKE...BAY...STILSON AND GROVELAND.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8154 3236 8151 3235 8149 3234 8149
3233 8146 3232 8147 3227 8144 3226 8144
3223 8142 3221 8143 3205 8181 3209 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 232DEG 34KT 3212 8177
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
805
WWUS52 KCHS 040003
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
703 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC109-040013-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
EVANS GA-
703 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EVANS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3240 8154 3236 8151 3235 8149 3234 8149
3233 8146 3232 8147 3227 8144 3226 8144
3223 8142 3221 8143 3210 8170 3218 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 240DEG 31KT 3217 8165
$$
GAC029-031-040015-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160204T0015Z/
BRYAN GA-BULLOCH GA-
703 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR BRYAN AND
BULLOCH COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...BAY AND STILSON.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8154 3236 8151 3235 8149 3234 8149
3233 8146 3232 8147 3227 8144 3226 8144
3223 8142 3221 8143 3210 8170 3218 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 240DEG 31KT 3217 8165
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 50 min |
| 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 |
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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.