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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, SC

May 15, 1995Charleston County, South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
38 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, 11.9 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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 152353
TORCHS
SCC019-160030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
752 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CHARLESTON COUNTY
 
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH CHARLESTON.
 
 
A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT ASHLEY PHOSPHATE ROAD AND
DORCHESTER ROAD AT 750 PM. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSDorchester68 min
May 15, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley63 min
May 15, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCHSDorchester26 min
May 15, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSCharleston42 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.