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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, SC
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:50 AM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne South Newport, GA | A 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.
| 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, 7.6 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 3:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.