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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

June 26, 1994Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 5:32 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1994-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 897 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1994-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCHS 262134
TORCHS
SCC013-262230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
532 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY
 
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
BEAUFORT
 
A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED NEAR THE BEAUFORT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD.
 
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 CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
JFT
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester66 min
Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJasper56 min
Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort, Colleton56 min
Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSGeorgetown58 min
Jun 26, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSHorry64 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester58 min

Nearby

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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.