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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 3:23 AM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
932
WFUS52 KCHS 020723
TORCHS
GAC179-183-191-020800-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0006.160902T0723Z-160902T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
323 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
LONG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 323 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TIBET...MOVING NORTH 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...
HINESVILLE...TIBET...FORT STEWART...JONES...MCINTOSH...
WALTHOURVILLE...RICEBORO AND FLEMINGTON.
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 3184 8178 3191 8140 3186 8138 3182 8135
3156 8140 3155 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 173DEG 30KT 3161 8150
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
577
WWUS52 KCHS 020739
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
339 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
GAC179-183-191-020800-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-LONG GA-
339 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR
MCINTOSH...LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES...
AT 338 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HINESVILLE...FORT STEWART...JONES...MCINTOSH...WALTHOURVILLE...
RICEBORO...FLEMINGTON AND ALLENHURST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3191 8140 3186 8138 3182 8135 3156 8140
3155 8154 3186 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 177DEG 25KT 3175 8149
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 3:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 3:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 4:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 118 min |
| Sep 2, 10:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Tattnall, Toombs | 24 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 110 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.