Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 2:44 PM EST for Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 2:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 8 Sw Mendes, GA | A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO IN SOUTHERN TATTNALL COUNTY. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 178 NEAR THE RUSHING BOONE ROAD INTERSECTION. THE TORNADO TRAVELLED TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AND BLEW METAL ROOFIN |
| Jan 21, 2:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Mendes, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS SHOW MULTIPLE NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED AND LARGE HAIL...ESTIMATED AT GOLF BALL SIZE IN THE COMMUNITY OF COWFORD. SURVEY TEAM IS ASSESSING POSSIBILITY THAT DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM A TORNADO |
| Jan 21, 2:55 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Sw Mendes, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS SHOW MULTIPLE NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED AND LARGE HAIL...ESTIMATED AT GOLF BALL SIZE IN THE COMMUNITY OF COWFORD. SURVEY TEAM IS ASSESSING POSSIBILITY THAT DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM A TORNADO |
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
629
WFUS52 KCHS 211944
TORCHS
GAC183-267-212015-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.170121T1944Z-170121T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
244 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Long County in southeastern Georgia...
Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 315 PM EST
* At 243 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles northeast of Surrency, moving northeast at 45
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Glennville and Mendes.
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 3209 8198 3205 8189 3205 8177 3204 8177
3201 8182 3198 8180 3197 8174 3186 8176
3182 8203 3187 8211 3189 8212 3189 8213
3191 8213 3190 8219 3193 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 244DEG 39KT 3189 8211
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
033
WWUS52 KCHS 212002
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
302 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
GAC183-267-212015-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170121T2015Z/
Long GA-Tattnall GA-
302 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR LONG AND
TATTNALL COUNTIES...
At 302 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 14 miles southeast of Reidsville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Glennville and Mendes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3205 8196 3205 8177 3204 8177 3201 8182
3198 8180 3197 8174 3186 8176 3186 8198
3192 8204 3197 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 248DEG 36KT 3193 8195
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$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, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 24 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017
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.