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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Charleston, SC

July 8, 1995Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 1:20 AM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 1:20 AM EDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Charleston County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2991 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 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
2991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 080521 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC019-080615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
120 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CHARLESTON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR AWENDAW IN
CHARLESTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
 
 
 
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.
 
BOATER AND OTHER RECREATIONAL USERS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
J H6

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley43 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.