Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berkeley County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Moncks Corner, SC | A funnel cloud that passed over Carnes Crossroads area (11 SW of Moncks Corner) touched down briefly seven miles southwest of Moncks Corner as a F0 tornado, damaging a mobile home and nearby metal sheds. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHS 072355 TORCHS SCC015-080030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 753 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...BERKELEY COUNTY PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE A TORNADO HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN THE MONCKS CORNER AREA...MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLO SET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 7, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-071015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 413 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 4:10 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLAXTON SOUTHWEST TO BAXLEY...ALMA AND DOUGLAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED FROM ALMA SOUTH TO WAYCROSS...AND FROM NEAR BRUNSWICK SOUTH TO WOODBINE AND ST MARYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS END. THE MAIN THREAT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING LOCALIZED LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING. YOU SHOULD ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-071015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 413 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 4:10 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLAXTON SOUTHWEST TO BAXLEY...ALMA AND DOUGLAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED FROM ALMA SOUTH TO WAYCROSS...AND FROM NEAR BRUNSWICK SOUTH TO WOODBINE AND ST MARYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS END. THE MAIN THREAT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING LOCALIZED LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING. YOU SHOULD ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 113-150-136-071015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 413 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 4:10 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLAXTON SOUTHWEST TO BAXLEY...ALMA AND DOUGLAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED FROM ALMA SOUTH TO WAYCROSS...AND FROM NEAR BRUNSWICK SOUTH TO WOODBINE AND ST MARYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS END. THE MAIN THREAT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING LOCALIZED LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING. YOU SHOULD ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ100-118-119-101-115-138-139-137-140-141-136-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 617 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE APPROACHING THE COASTAL C0OUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 612 PM A LINE OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR JESUP AND DARIEN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE BRYAN/LIBERTY COUNTY LINE BETWEEN HINESVILLE AND RICHMOND HILL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOUR LIVE FROM SPRINGFIELD AND RINCON IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH SAVANNAH TO EULONIA YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT HOUR AS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE APPROACHING THESE AREAS. MARINERS FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER SOUTH TO SAPELO SOUND SHOULD ALSO SEEK SAVE HARBOR UNTIL THE STROMS PASS. HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ100-118-119-101-115-138-139-137-140-141-136-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 617 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE APPROACHING THE COASTAL C0OUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 612 PM A LINE OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR JESUP AND DARIEN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE BRYAN/LIBERTY COUNTY LINE BETWEEN HINESVILLE AND RICHMOND HILL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOUR LIVE FROM SPRINGFIELD AND RINCON IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH SAVANNAH TO EULONIA YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT HOUR AS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE APPROACHING THESE AREAS. MARINERS FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER SOUTH TO SAPELO SOUND SHOULD ALSO SEEK SAVE HARBOR UNTIL THE STROMS PASS. HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.