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WFUS52 KCHS 091923
TORCHS
GAC179-183-092000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.TO.W.0004.240109T1923Z-240109T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
223 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...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST.
* AT 223 PM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DOCTORTOWN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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, LUDOWICI, FORT STEWART, MCINTOSH, WALTHOURVILLE,
MIDWAY, RICEBORO, FLEMINGTON, ALLENHURST, GUMBRANCH, AND GUM
BRANCH.
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 3197 8161 3176 8143 3160 8175 3161 8175
3161 8177 3163 8177 3163 8179 3164 8179
3166 8180 3166 8183 3167 8183 3172 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 231DEG 48KT 3170 8183
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
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