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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT for Bryan County, Liberty 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, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bryan County, GA, Liberty County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
806
WFUS52 KCHS 020800
TORCHS
GAC029-179-020830-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0009.160902T0800Z-160902T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
400 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 AM EDT
* AT 359 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING
NORTH 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...
RICEBORO AND RETREAT.
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 3169 8132 3168 8143 3197 8155 3201 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 171DEG 34KT 3174 8139
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
638
WWUS52 KCHS 020819
SVSCHS
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
419 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
GAC029-179-020830-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160902T0830Z/
LIBERTY GA-BRYAN GA-
419 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR LIBERTY
AND BRYAN COUNTIES...
AT 419 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICEBORO AND RETREAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
REPORT DAMAGE DIRECTLY TO THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
1-888-383-2024 WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8132 3168 8143 3197 8155 3201 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 174DEG 29KT 3189 8140
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$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, 3:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 37 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.