Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 1994, 1:28 AM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1994, 1:28 AM EDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1994, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Charleston County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 11:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SCZ034-039-042>050-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC 1155 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BERKLEY COUNTY SOUTHWARD UNTIL 2 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES OVER COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTENDS OVER ADJACENT WATER AND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN GEORGIA. HEAVIER RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES ...MAINLY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL EFFECT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND HUNTING ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS... AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER COASTAL COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE EAST UP TO 20 MPH AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. MJR
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SCZ034-039-042>050-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC 1155 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BERKLEY COUNTY SOUTHWARD UNTIL 2 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES OVER COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTENDS OVER ADJACENT WATER AND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN GEORGIA. HEAVIER RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES ...MAINLY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL EFFECT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND HUNTING ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS... AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER COASTAL COUNTIES ...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE EAST UP TO 20 MPH AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. MJR
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:28 AM EDT, 1 hour before
GAC005-025-029-031-051-065-069-103-109-161-179-183-267-279-299- 030630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 1228 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. BRYAN...CHATHAM...LIBERTY... JEFF DAVIS AND TOOMBS UNTIL 3AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. AT 1225 AM EDT RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURING IN CHATHAM AND SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 6 TO NEAR 10 INCHES SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:31 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAC005-025-029-031-051-065-069-103-109-161-179-183-267-279-299- 030630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 1228 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. BRYAN...CHATHAM...LIBERTY... JEFF DAVIS AND TOOMBS UNTIL 3AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. AT 1225 AM EDT RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURING IN CHATHAM AND SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SEVERAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 6 TO NEAR 10 INCHES SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:40 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
SCZ034-039-042>050-030630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC 1240 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BERKLEY COUNTY SOUTHWARD UNTIL 2 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING THE CHARLESTON AND NORTH CHARLESTON VICINITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING CONDITIONS. BEAUFORT MARINE AIR STATION REPORTED SEVERAL INSHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS EARLIER. REPEAT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE APPROACHING THE CHARLESTON AREA. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE WIND...RAIN...AND WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. GDC
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:42 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
SCZ034-039-042>050-030630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC 1240 AM EDT MON OCT 3 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BERKLEY COUNTY SOUTHWARD UNTIL 2 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING THE CHARLESTON AND NORTH CHARLESTON VICINITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING CONDITIONS. BEAUFORT MARINE AIR STATION REPORTED SEVERAL INSHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS EARLIER. REPEAT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE APPROACHING THE CHARLESTON AREA. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE WIND...RAIN...AND WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. GDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.