Atlanta tornado aftermath, another tornado outbreak March 15

[CrazyC83]

They felt that certain areas meet the requirement for a 30%H tornado. That qualifies for high risk.

Since the tornado reports were clustered in a small area, it seems that the risk verified. Many outbreaks only verify a moderate because they cover huge areas.

[Cyclenall]

Where can I find some radar loops?

[CrazyC83]

Tornado headed directly for Charleston...

[dizzyfish]

TORNADO WARNING
SCC019-029-035-160130-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0012.080316T0044Z-080316T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
844 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
EAST CENTRAL COLLETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 844 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JOHNS
ISLAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
JOHNS ISLAND...WADMALAW ISLAND...
JAMES ISLAND...CHARLESTON...
JAMES ISLAND...FOLLY BEACH...
SULLIVANS ISLAND...ISLE OF PALMS...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.

LAT...LON 3268 8063 3292 8060 3291 7995 3287 7996
3282 7992 3290 7983 3290 7959 3285 7968
3279 7973 3275 7986 3267 7989 3263 7996
3263 7999 3260 8000 3257 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 274DEG 51KT 3272 8008

[CrazyC83]

The outbreak will likely be coming to an abrupt end soon as the supercells emerge in the Atlantic...

[CrazyC83]

Awaiting the 0100Z, probably will come down to Moderate Risk since most of the threat is over water now...but the Savannah area may be the bullseye for the late evening.

[CrazyC83]

SPC AC 160055

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0755 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

VALID 160100Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PARTS OF S CNTRL AND SERN GA
INTO EXTREME SERN SC...

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM S CNTRL AND SE GA INTO SE
SC AND ERN NC...

...E CNTRL AND SE GA THROUGH THE ERN CAROLINAS...

PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT EXISTS WITH BAND OF TRAINING SUPERCELLS FROM E
CNTRL AND SE GA THROUGH EXTREME SERN SC WITHIN LOW LEVEL CONFLUENT
FLOW REGIME. RECENT CHARLESTON VWP SHOWS DEEP SHEAR OF 70+ KT AND
VERY LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS WITH 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY
FROM 300-400 M2/S2. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT ESEWD WITH THE
THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES NEXT 2-3 HOURS BEFORE
EVENTUALLY WEAKENING AND MOVING OFFSHORE. SWD EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE LIMITED BY STRENGTHENING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WITH ONSET OF
NOCTURNAL COOLING AND TENDENCY FOR DEEP LAYER FORCING TO GRADUALLY
DECREASE AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ATTENDANT LOW LEVEL JET MOVE
DOWNSTREAM OF THIS REGION.

FARTHER NORTH A MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER CONTINUES THROUGH ERN NC.
CONVECTION EMBEDDED WITHIN WIDESPREAD STRATIFORM RAIN IS DEVELOPING
WITHIN ZONE OF ASCENT IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE. TEMPERATURES AND
DEWPOINTS MOSTLY IN THE 50S IN CONJUNCTION WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS
AND RAIN HAVE LIMITED INSTABILITY IN THIS AREA WITH MUCAPE AOB 300
J/KG. THE LOW LEVEL JET IS SHIFTING NEWD THROUGH ERN NC CONTRIBUTING
TO LARGE 0-1 KM HODOGRAPHS SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.
HOWEVER...RUC SOUNDINGS FOR NERN NC BASED ON OBSERVED TEMPERATURES
AND DEWPOINTS SUGGEST MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL REMAIN AT LEAST
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. THIS ALONG WITH WEAK INSTABILITY SHOULD SERVE AS
AN OVERALL LIMITING FACTOR FOR A MORE ROBUST SEVERE THREAT.

...W CNTRL CA...

STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES
ATTENDING VORT MAX DROPPING SWD THROUGH CA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A
THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL NEXT FEW HOURS. STEEP LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES WITH 20+ DEGREE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINTS
SPREADS MAY ALSO SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS
WITH THE MORE INTENSE CORES. ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.

..DIAL.. 03/16/2008

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NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0600Z
CURRENT UTC TIME: 0059Z (8:59PM), RELOAD THIS PAGE TO UPDATE THE TIME

[CrazyC83]

WCSC: Mobile home park destroyed in Berkeley County SC, injuries reported...

[SCMedic]

Here in Mt. Pleasant, just outside of Charleston, the last few hours have been amazing..They're absolutely freaking out on the local news...Non-stop Radar/Weather running since 7...

We're seeing heavy rain, 40mph winds and 3" hail... Just south of us they've had some classic hook echo's lasting for the last hour, but no confirmed tornadoes on the ground...

[RL3AO]

WCSC: Mobile home park destroyed in Berkeley County SC, injuries reported...

How big of a mobile home park?

[CrazyC83]

WCSC: Mobile home park destroyed in Berkeley County SC, injuries reported...

How big of a mobile home park?

It said about 50 mobile homes, with about 10 that were blown away.

[Bunkertor]

Think, we get 45 at the end.

[CrazyC83]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0428
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0849 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/ERN GA...SRN/ERN SC...SRN NC

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 120...

VALID 160149Z - 160245Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 120 CONTINUES.

PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES ACROSS MAINLY SRN PART OF
WW 120 FROM CENTRAL GA TO SRN SC...WHERE THE AIR MASS REMAINS
MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH VERY STRONG EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AND SRH
VALUES. THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL SURFACE BASED
STORMS MOVE OFFSHORE.

MEANWHILE...REGIONAL RADARS INDICATED AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL NC INTO ERN SC TO THE NORTH OF THE LEADING BAND OF
STRONGER ACTIVITY. THIS ACTIVITY IS TIED TO SRN EXTENT OF SHORT
WAVE TROUGH....NOW CENTERED OVER WRN VA/NC...AND ALONG ATTENDANT
COLD FRONT TRAILING SWD THROUGH SRN NC TO CENTRAL SC. ALTHOUGH
INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL ACROSS THE ERN EXTENT OF WW 120...EFFECTIVE
BULK SHEAR OF 60 KT SUGGESTS STORMS COULD BECOME STRONGER PRODUCING
A HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND THREAT IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER ACTIVITY.

..PETERS.. 03/16/2008


ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...FFC...

32048444 32518422 32898335 32908200 33278047 33638001
34977996 35447921 35707816 33857761 32997887 32437958
31958054 32058253

[CrazyC83]

SCC003-161200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY COLUMBIA SOUTH
CAROLINA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
950 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE SHERIFF OF AIKEN COUNTY, MIKE, HUNT HAS LIFTED THE CURFEW FOR
THE PEOPLE OF AIKEN COUNTY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS.

THOSE STILL UNDER THE CURFEW ARE THE AREAS FROM ASCUGA LAKE ROAD
TO SOUTH OF PINE LOG ROAD AND HIGHWAY 118 WEST, TO ATOMIC ROAD AND
HIGHWAY ONE TWENTY FIVE.

$$

[Weatherfreak14]

Ok I live here in Beaufort SC, I wish I have photos but a tornado did touchdown here and there is some damge around the are, i was chasing the tornado in the dark and it sorta found me, it was sorta a wedge like figure as it passed 3 miles NE of me.

[Cyclenall]

Ok I live here in Beaufort SC, I wish I have photos but a tornado did touchdown here and there is some damge around the are, i was chasing the tornado in the dark and it sorta found me, it was sorta a wedge like figure as it passed 3 miles NE of me.

Wow, that was close. Good thing the tornado didn't find you to closely! Is it true that over a million people are without power in SC right now?

[Brent]

Part 3 of the local coverage I've been posting, at 3:37 is the whatever it was from late this afternoon caught on the airport towercam that caused a major scare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAxRnD9PqM

[Cyclenall]

Part 3 of the local coverage I've been posting, at 3:37 is the whatever it was from late this afternoon caught on the airport towercam that caused a major scare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAxRnD9PqM

Amazing video in the middle of it. The audio of that video is strange though.

[Brent]

Part 3 of the local coverage I've been posting, at 3:37 is the whatever it was from late this afternoon caught on the airport towercam that caused a major scare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAxRnD9PqM

Amazing video in the middle of it. The audio of that video is strange though.

Yeah I know, that's the only thing I don't like about it.

[wbug1]

Are they testing the weather warning system again, all warnings are up.

Hurricane Force Wind Warning

i.e,

ANZ084-161430-
HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON INCLUDING THE WATERS S OF 1000
FM OUT TO 40N 65W TO 38N 67W TO 36N 70W.
430 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2008

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING...

...N WALL OF GULF STREAM NEAR 37N 71.3W...38.1N 71.6W...38.8N
70.2W...38N 68W...38.8N 67.7W...

.TODAY...W OF 1000 FM...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT SHIFTING TO NW
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 11 FT LATE...HIGHEST SE.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS ENDING. E OF 1000 FM...NE WINDS 20 TO 30
KT...EXCEPT OVER SW PORTION IN THE GULF STREAM TO 35 KT EARLY.
WINDS BECOMING N TO NW AND INCREASING TO 35 TO 50 KT...EXCEPT
OVER SE PORTION TO 50 TO 65 KT LATE...HIGHEST NEAR THE GULF
STREAM. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT BUILDING TO 11 TO 22 FT LATE...HIGHEST
SE IN THE GULF STREAM. AREAS OF RAIN BECOMING SCATTERED SHOWERS
LATE.
.TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING NW 25 TO 35 KT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM
35 TO 50 KT LATE...HIGHEST SE NEAR THE GULF STREAM. SEAS
BUILDING TO 8 TO 15 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM TO 15 TO 25
FT...HIGHEST SE IN THE GULF STREAM. SCATTERED SHOWERS E ENDING
LATE.
.MON...N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF
1000 FM 25 TO 35 KT...AND E OF 68W 35 TO 50 KT LATE. SEAS
BECOMING 6 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT FROM 1000 FM TO 70W 11 TO 18 FT...
AND E OF 70W 18 TO 28 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE.
.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E
OF 1000 FM 15 TO 25 KT...AND E OF 68W 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 5 TO 10
FT...EXCEPT FROM 1000 FM TO 69W 10 TO 17 FT...AND E OF 69W 17 TO
25 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE.
.TUE...N TO NW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF
66W TO 30 KT...AND W OF 1000 FM BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT FROM 1000 FM TO 69W 8 TO 13
FT... AND E OF 69W 13 TO 19 FT...HIGHEST FAR SE.
.WED...WINDS BECOMING S 20 TO 30 KT THROUGHOUT LATE. SEAS
BECOMING 7 TO 11 FT LATE...HIGHEST S.
.THU...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT...THEN BECOMING W TO
NW LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT E OF 1000 FM TO 12
TO 19 FT...HIGHEST E.
$$

No, I mean there are actual warnings/advisories up for all categories?