Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 4:39 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1995, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berkeley County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 222040 RRA SVRCHS SCC015-222145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 439 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...BERKELEY COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR SANTEE...AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHERN TIP OF BERKELEY COUNTY. PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER-SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. BOATERS ON THE SANTEE COOPER LAKES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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. & JFT
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, Apr 22, 4:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ100-099-101-222130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 416 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR EFFINGHAM...BULLOCH AND CANDLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER IN BURKE AND SCREVEN COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN CANDLER AND BULLOCH COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 68 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.