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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT for Candler County, Evans County, Tattnall 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
- May 23, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2017, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
144
WFUS52 KCHS 231815
TORCHS
GAC043-109-267-231845-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0021.170523T1815Z-170523T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
215 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Evans County in southeastern Georgia...
Candler County in southeastern Georgia...
Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 245 PM EDT
* At 214 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lyons, moving east at 25 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 and Cobbtown.
This warning includes I-16 between mile markers 103 and 110.
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.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 8199 3218 8195 3215 8218 3217 8219
3218 8218 3222 8221 3232 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 248DEG 22KT 3224 8224
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
258
WWUS52 KCHS 231827
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
GAC043-109-267-231845-
/O.CON.KCHS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170523T1845Z/
Evans GA-Candler GA-Tattnall GA-
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR EVANS...
CANDLER AND TATTNALL COUNTIES...
At 227 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles south of Metter, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Metter, Collins and Cobbtown.
This warning includes I-16 between mile markers 104 and 110.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at
1-888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 8199 3218 8195 3217 8215 3232 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 257DEG 26KT 3226 8211
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$999
WWUS52 KCHS 231846
SVSCHS
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
246 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
GAC043-109-267-231856-
/O.EXP.KCHS.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170523T1845Z/
Evans GA-Candler GA-Tattnall GA-
246 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EVANS...CANDLER AND TATTNALL COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 3243 8199 3218 8195 3217 8215 3232 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 248DEG 22KT 3230 8199
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 37 min |
| May 23, 3:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 20 hr |
| May 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans | 63 min |
| May 23, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 29 min |
| May 23, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 31 min |
| May 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 53 min |
| May 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 34 min |
| May 23, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 53 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.