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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2017, 11:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 5, 2017, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
560
WFUS52 KCHS 060327
TORCHS
GAC029-051-179-191-060400-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0017.170406T0327Z-170406T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1127 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Bryan County in southeastern Georgia...
Liberty County in southeastern Georgia...
McIntosh County in southeastern Georgia...
Chatham County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until midnight EDT
* At 1126 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 15 miles east of Tibet, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
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...
Pine Harbor, Crescent, Harris Neck, Shellman Bluff, St. Catherines
Island and Blackbeard Island.
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 3161 8143 3174 8115 3162 8110 3152 8116
3150 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 239DEG 30KT 3159 8134
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
DPB1 follow-up statement
937
WWUS52 KCHS 060359
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
1159 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
GAC029-051-179-191-060408-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170406T0400Z/
Bryan GA-Liberty GA-McIntosh GA-Chatham GA-
1159 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRYAN...LIBERTY...MCINTOSH AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3161 8143 3174 8115 3162 8110 3152 8116
3150 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 239DEG 30KT 3172 8108
$$
DPBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Long | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Liberty, Long | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 1:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | McIntosh | 32 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.