Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 5:07 PM EDT for Colleton County, Hampton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1995, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 222108 SVRCHS SCC029-049-222215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 507 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...COLLETON COUNTY...HAMPTON COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HAMPTON AND WALTERBORO WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN HAMPTON COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND WILL ALSO AFFECT COLLETON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WPIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 55 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 4:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ135-134-116-117-100-099-118-119-132-101-115-153-154-133-138- 139-137-140-141-151-114-136-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 448 PM EDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 251 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 251 REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 248... AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SCREVEN AND BULLOCH COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IF VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED AND ARE REMINDED TO NEVER DRIVE A VEHICLE THROUGH AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THPE 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, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 66 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.