Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 3:07 PM EDT for Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dorchester County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2731 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCHS 281907 RRA SVRCHS SCC035-282015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 307 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...DORCHESTER COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM KNOCKED TREES DOWN IN COLLETON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF COTTAGEVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWN OF GIVHANS. J H IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, Jun 28, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ100-116-281830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1241 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995 A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST BULLOCH COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF NEVILS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS, THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND URBAN STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE COUNTY LINE OF BULLOCH AND CHATHAM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. END J H
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ100-116-281830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1241 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995 A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST BULLOCH COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF NEVILS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS, THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND URBAN STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE COUNTY LINE OF BULLOCH AND CHATHAM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PBE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. END J H
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 58 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.