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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 2:21 PM EST for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 5 reports 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:21 PM EST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:42 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 N Woodcliff, GA | A NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO IN SCREVEN COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG BAY BRANCH ROAD AND TRAVELLED NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG A PATH ABOUT 3 MINUTES IN DURATION...0.7 MILE LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A CARPORT ATTACHED TO A |
| Jan 21, 2:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Woodcliff, GA | SCREVEN COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A SHED IN THE 5300 BLOCK OF BUTTERMILK RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Jan 21, 2:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 N Woodcliff, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES... ROAD SIGNS... AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO CHICKEN COOPS INCLUDING METAL ROOFS REMOVED WITH PORTIONS LEFT IN TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BAY BRACH ROAD AND BUTTERMILK ROAD. TIME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jan 21, 2:52 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Sylvania, GA | A NWS SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO IN SCREVEN COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL PARK AND FOLLOWED A NORTHEAST PATH. THE TORNADO ROLLED A MOTOR VEHICLE DOWN A HILL AND TOPPLED MULTIPLE HEAVY HEADSTONES IN THE CEMETERY...THEN CROSS |
| Jan 21, 2:53 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Sylvania, GA | TWTTER REPORT SHOWS A CAR FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE...A ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE...METAL SIDING REMOVED FROM A FIRE STATION...AND VARIOUS OTHER DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA HWY 24 AND FRIENDSHIP RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
519
WFUS52 KCHS 211921
TORCHS
GAC165-251-211945-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0001.170121T1921Z-170121T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
221 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Screven County in southeastern Georgia...
Jenkins County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 245 PM EST
* At 221 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Millen, moving northeast at 55
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...
Millen, Sylvania, Butts, Hiltonia, Rocky Ford, Woodcliff, Altman
and Hilltonia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3295 8184 3291 8176 3296 8168 3273 8156
3262 8202 3266 8208 3277 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 243DEG 49KT 3272 8202
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
631
WWUS52 KCHS 211936
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
236 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
GAC165-251-211945-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170121T1945Z/
Screven GA-Jenkins GA-
236 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR SCREVEN
AND JENKINS COUNTIES...
At 236 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Millen, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Millen, Sylvania, Hiltonia, Woodcliff, Altman, Hilltonia, Emmalane
and Scarboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3295 8184 3291 8176 3296 8168 3273 8156
3270 8196 3275 8200 3280 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 241DEG 43KT 3280 8189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 30 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.