Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 3:32 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 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, 7.5 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
- 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 TTAA00 KCHS 281931 RRA SVRCHS SCC019-282030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 332 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...CHARLESTON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS, HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BOATER ANDz OTHER RECREATIONAL USERS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. J H
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 51 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 46 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, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 68 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 |
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.