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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, SC

October 5, 1995Beaufort County, Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1995, 2:57 AM EDT for Beaufort County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 1995, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2000 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHS 050657 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC013-029-050800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
257 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 255 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH BEAUFORT COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
COLLETON COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
SIMENSKY/HARRISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 3:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston, Dorchester57 min
Oct 5, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston63 min
Oct 5, 5:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston81 min
Oct 5, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.