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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Charleston, SC

July 11, 1995Berkeley County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 7:39 PM EDT for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Berkeley County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1995-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1429 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-11The 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
1429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 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
31 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 
TTAA00 KCHS 112340 RRA
SVRCHS
SCC015-120045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
739 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BERKELEY COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR
JAMESTOWN MOVING SOUTHWEST TOWARD MONCKS CORNER AND HUGER.
 
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. r HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.