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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 3:30 AM EDT for Bryan County, Chatham County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
934
WFUS52 KCHS 020730
TORCHS
GAC029-051-020800-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0007.160902T0730Z-160902T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
330 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 330 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...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...
SAVANNAH...RICHMOND HILL...KELLER...BURROUGHS AND BELFAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. 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 3183 8136 3184 8135 3186 8138 3191 8140
3204 8142 3207 8122 3182 8119 3182 8133
3184 8134 3182 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 172DEG 27KT 3187 8125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$2 follow-up statements
152
WWUS52 KCHS 020742
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
342 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
GAC029-020751-
/O.CAN.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
BRYAN GA-
342 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRYAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3193 8127 3194 8127 3195 8129 3198 8129
3198 8131 3200 8130 3202 8133 3205 8134
3207 8122 3192 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 172DEG 27KT 3196 8126
$$
GAC051-020800-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
CHATHAM GA-
342 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR CHATHAM
COUNTY...
AT 341 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...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...
SAVANNAH AND BURROUGHS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. 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 3193 8127 3194 8127 3195 8129 3198 8129
3198 8131 3200 8130 3202 8133 3205 8134
3207 8122 3192 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 172DEG 27KT 3196 8126
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$325
WWUS52 KCHS 020758
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
358 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
GAC051-020808-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
CHATHAM GA-
358 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3193 8127 3194 8127 3195 8129 3198 8129
3198 8131 3200 8130 3202 8133 3205 8134
3207 8122 3192 8120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 172DEG 27KT 3196 8126
$$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, 3:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 37 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.