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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC

September 2, 2016Liberty County, McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 3:38 AM EDT for Liberty County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2016, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2016, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated

Counties Liberty County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 3:50 AM EDTTORNADO2 Nne South Newport, GAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR RICEBORO ON 9/2/16. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 350 AM JUST NORTH OF BLACKBEARD CREEK. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED A FEW THOUSAND TREES IN THE AREA AND ALSO CAUSED MINOR D

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1079 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

631 
WFUS52 KCHS 020738
TORCHS
GAC179-191-020815-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0008.160902T0738Z-160902T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
338 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...

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
    
* AT 337 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF DARIEN...MOVING NORTH AT 50
  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...
  EULONIA...PINE HARBOR...CRESCENT...
  SHELLMAN BLUFF AND SOUTH NEWPORT. 

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 3150 8131 3150 8144 3174 8140 3173 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 167DEG 44KT 3156 8137 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75

$$
1 follow-up statement
141 
WWUS52 KCHS 020750
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

GAC179-191-020815-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160902T0815Z/
MCINTOSH GA-LIBERTY GA-
350 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR MCINTOSH
AND LIBERTY COUNTIES...
    
AT 349 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF 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...
EULONIA...PINE HARBOR...CRESCENT...SHELLMAN BLUFF AND SOUTH NEWPORT. 

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 3150 8131 3150 8144 3174 8140 3173 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 169DEG 33KT 3165 8138 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBryan, Chatham38 min
Sep 2, 3:23 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSLiberty, Long, McIntosh37 min
Sep 2, 3:30 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Chatham30 min
Sep 2, 4:00 AM EDTTornado WarningCHSBryan, Liberty30 min
Sep 2, 4:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh118 min
Sep 2, 10:29 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHSTattnall, Toombs24 hr
Sep 2, 12:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHSBulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven110 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.