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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 1:46 PM EST for Liberty County, Long County, Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Jan 9, 2024, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Tattnall County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 11:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
051
WFUS52 KCHS 091846
TORCHS
GAC179-183-267-091915-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0002.240109T1846Z-240109T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston SC
146 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Tornado Warning for portions of...
Liberty County in southeastern Georgia...
Long County in southeastern Georgia...
Tattnall County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 215 PM EST.
* At 145 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Odum, 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:
Hinesville, Glennville, Fort Stewart, Gumbranch, Gum Branch, and
Donald.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 3189 8211 3202 8180 3185 8160 3171 8187
3173 8191 3176 8192 3175 8193 3176 8195
3179 8195 3179 8199 3182 8202 3181 8203
3187 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 250DEG 36KT 3181 8204
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 12:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 1:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 42 min |
| Jan 9, 1:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Evans, Tattnall | 42 min |
| Jan 9, 1:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 52 min | |
| Jan 9, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 59 min |
| Jan 9, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Screven | 37 min |
| Jan 9, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jan 9, 2:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 37 min |
| Jan 9, 2:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 48 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 58 min |
| Jan 9, 2:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:20 PM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 18 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 71 min | |
| Jan 9, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 3:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 118 min | |
| Jan 9, 4:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 65 min | |
| Jan 9, 5:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 104 min | |
| Jan 9, 5:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 29 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.