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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Apr 5, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Nevils, GA | EVANS COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTS A LARGE PINE TREE DOWN ACROSS DAISY NEVILS HWY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 5, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Nevils, GA | EVANS COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTS A LARGE PINE TREE DOWN ACROSS DAISY NEVILS HWY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
730
WFUS52 KCHS 052221
TORCHS
GAC031-043-109-267-052300-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0013.170405T2221Z-170405T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
621 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Evans County in southeastern Georgia...
Bulloch County in southeastern Georgia...
Candler County in southeastern Georgia...
Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 700 PM EDT
* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lyons, moving east 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...
Metter, Collins, Cobbtown, Manassas and Aline.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 8202 3223 8182 3210 8220 3213 8220
3216 8218 3218 8219 3218 8218 3223 8221
3233 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 248DEG 32KT 3217 8231
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
011
WWUS52 KCHS 052234
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
634 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
GAC031-043-109-267-052300-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170405T2300Z/
Evans GA-Bulloch GA-Candler GA-Tattnall GA-
634 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EVANS...
BULLOCH...CANDLER AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...
At 633 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southwest of Metter, moving northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Metter, Collins, Cobbtown, Manassas and Aline.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 8202 3223 8182 3210 8220 3213 8220
3216 8218 3218 8219 3218 8218 3223 8221
3233 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 233DEG 59KT 3228 8213
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Tattnall | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 24 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.