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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Charleston, SC

November 7, 1995Beaufort County, Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 5:32 PM EST for Beaufort County, Charleston County, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 6:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 072240 COR
TORCHS
SCC013-019-029-053-072315-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
532 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN  SOUTH CAROLINA

  ...CHARLESTON COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...BEAUFORT

AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS


SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS COLLETON COUNTY AT 530 PM.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF JASPER...BEAUFORT...
SOUTHERN COLLETON AND CHARLESTON COUNTY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.
PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.



IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A C:LOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.


CORRECTED TO ADD BEAUFORT COUNTY

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, 4:36 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBerkeley, Charleston54 min
Nov 7, 5:14 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSBeaufort31 min
Nov 7, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningCHSJasper43 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.