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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC

April 22, 1995Berkeley County, South Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSColleton, Hampton68 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.