Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 5:13 PM EDT for Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Berkeley County, SC, Dorchester County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 327 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHS 192116 SVRCHS SCC015-035-192215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 513 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 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 ...BERKELEY COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON RADAR JUST SOUTH OF ST. GEORGE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO BERKELEY COUNTY AROUND LAKE MOULTRIE BY 545 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR XYOUR 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.
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 19, 12:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
GAZ135-134-116-117-100-099-132-101-115-133-137-114-136-191715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 1212 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING CANDLER...BULLOCH AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING AREA OF POTENTIALLY-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN ASSOCIATED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO CANDLER COUNTY. THROUGH 115 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CANDLER AND NORTHERN BULLOCH COUNTY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THOSE 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.
Local storm report, May 19, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
245 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
TIME(EDT) CITY LOCATION.... STATE....EVENT/REMARK....
COUNTY LOCATION..
246 PM 19E MONCKS CORNER SC .75 INCH HAIL SHULERVILLE
5/19/95 BERKELEY WX SPOTTER
JFTSpecial weather statement, May 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 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-
150-136-192030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
322 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 452 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR
CANDLER...BULLOCH AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE IN BULLOCH COUNTY...CHARLTON COUNTY...AND ALONG THE ALTAMAHA
RIVER IN APPLING......TATTNALL...WAYNE AND LONG COUNTIES.
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
.
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 19, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 55 min |
| May 19, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 63 min |
| May 19, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| May 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 67 min |
| May 19, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 60 min |
| May 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 69 min |
| May 19, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 44 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.