Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Charleston County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 152349 SVRCHS SCC019-160030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 748 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CHARLESTON COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLESTON. EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS, HAIL, AND A FUNNEL CLOUD HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN DORCHESTER COUNTY AT 730 PM. THIS SEVERE STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST INTO CHARLESTON COUNTY. CHARLESTON COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HIGH WINDS, HAIL, AND POTENTIAL TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 14 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:42 PM EDT, 6 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- 150-136-160045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 741 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 395 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF MACON MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS 20 MILES EAST OF TYBEE ISLAND MOVING TO THE EAST. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND MAKE SURE ALL PASSENGERS ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOATATION DEVICES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS 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, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 26 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.