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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 4:36 PM EST for Berkeley County, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 4:36 PM EST (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 1995-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 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 072138
TORCHS
SCC015-019-072230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
436 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BERKELEY COUNTY...CHARLESTON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 437 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR THE COOPER RIVER BETWEEN GOOSE CREEK AND WANDO. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE EAST...NEAR WANDO AND INTO CHARLESTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF
AWENDAW.
 
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUN&D BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley, Dorchester56 min
Nov 7, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSDorchester40 min
Nov 7, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort50 min
Nov 7, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSJasper50 min
Nov 7, 5:14 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort31 min
Nov 7, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort, Charleston, Colleton43 min
Nov 7, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSJasper43 min

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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.