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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Charleston, SC

June 9, 1995Beaufort County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 10:20 PM EDT for Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 
WUUS1 KCHS 100220 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC013-100300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1020 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BEAUFORT COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
RADAR IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BEAUFORT COUNTY. THIS
STORM HAS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AROUND THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
 
 
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.
 
TJR
 
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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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

TIME (LST)     .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
               ....COUNTY LOCATION....

810 PM
               ALLENDALE COUNTY          SC    NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                               TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

830 PM
               SCREVEN COUNTY            GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS
                                               DOWN COUNTYWIDE

835 PM         MILLEN                    GA    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
               JENKINS COUNTY

TJR
Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

TIME (LST)     .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
               ....COUNTY LOCATION....

810 PM
               ALLENDALE COUNTY          SC    NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                               TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

830 PM
               SCREVEN COUNTY            GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS
                                               DOWN COUNTYWIDE

835 PM         MILLEN                    GA    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
               JENKINS COUNTY

TJR
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:05 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1005 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

TIME (LST)     .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
               ....COUNTY LOCATION....

925 PM         SPRINGFIELD               GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
               EFFINGHAM                       LINES DOWNED

935 PM         STATESBORO                GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
               BULLOCH                         LINES DOWNED

TJR
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1005 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

TIME (LST)     .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
               ....COUNTY LOCATION....

925 PM         SPRINGFIELD               GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
               EFFINGHAM                       LINES DOWNED

935 PM         STATESBORO                GA    NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
               BULLOCH                    X     LINES DOWNED

TJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSAllendale67 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley59 min

Nearby

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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.