Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 6:57 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 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, 11.0 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
- 853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 152300 SVRCHS SCC015-160000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 657 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...BERKELEY COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MONCKS CORNER AND ST STEPHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF BERKELEY COUNTY NEAR LAKE MOULTRIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MONCK CORNER AREA BY 730 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BOATER AND OTHER RECREATIONAL USERS ON dLAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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, May 15, 5:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 150-136-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 529 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 395 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH BULLOCH COUNTY... AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER...THE INTENSITY REMAINS ON THE WEAK SIDE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:34 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ135-149-134-148-152-116-117-100-165-166-099-164-118-119-163- 132-162-101-115-153-154-133-161-138-139-137-160-140-141-151-114- 150-136-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 631 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 395 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA... AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. HOWEVER THIS ACTIVITY REMAINS ON THE WEAK SIDE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 68 min |
| May 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 26 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 38 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.