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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

January 14, 1995Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1995, 12:54 PM EST for Berkeley County, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 1995, 12:54 PM EST (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1995, 1:15 PM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Dorchester County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCHS 141757 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC015-035-141900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1254 PM EST SAT JAN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BERKELEY COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC NEAR SUMMERVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.  THIS PATH WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO THE BERKELEY COUNTY
WITHIN THE HOUR.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASI~ONALLY 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, Jan 14, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
10 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

SCZ042>045-047>050-501-502-141630-
SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND SC COASTAL WATERS

.NOW...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 4 PM...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR AND COASTAL WATERS...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  4 PM.  CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES. AT THIS TIME...MOST OF
THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

OLIVER
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 10:09 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
10 AM EST SAT JAN 14 1995

SCZ042>045-047>050-501-502-141630-
SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND SC COASTAL WATERS

.NOW...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 4 PM...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR AND COASTAL WATERS...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  4 PM.  CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES. AT THIS TIME...MOST OF
THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF
THREATENvING WEATHER APPROACHES.

OLIVER

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.